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A crackdown could push banks out of the marijuana industry
PUBLISHED: January 5th 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision Thursday to scrap an Obama administration policy that offered legal shelter for state-sanctioned marijuana sales does not necessarily mean a wave of federal drug busts. But it could crimp California’s
Vancouver relies on marijuana tax revenue for 6 police officers
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2018As of December 2017, the city of Vancouver received $361,773 in marijuana excise taxes. Those funds pay for an additional six police officers each year. Natasha Ramras, interim finance director, said they expect to keep
Oregon politicians push back against federal pot enforcement
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2018SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s governor said Thursday that the state will fight U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to roll back a lenient policy on federal enforcement of the drug. “Voters in Oregon were clear
‘Fear and uncertainty’ for Clark County marijuana industry
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2018Newly announced plans to tighten enforcement of federal marijuana laws have jolted the recreational marijuana industry, which has flourished in recent years but never seemed complacent. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday he would
Ferguson: Sessions won’t meet on pot issues
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2018OLYMPIA — The Latest on Washington state reaction to the rescinding by the Trump administration of policy by president Barack Obama’s Justice Department generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in
Sessions to end policy that let legal marijuana flourish
PUBLISHED: January 4th 2018WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days
Customers line up for broad legal pot sales in California
PUBLISHED: January 1st 2018LOS ANGELES — Customers hoping to be among the first in California to purchase marijuana legally lined up early Monday, as the arrival of the new year brought with it broad legalization of cannabis, two
Hospital to study effect of pot on autistic children
PUBLISHED: January 1st 2018PHILADELPHIA — Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is pairing with an Australian biopharmaceutical company in what some advocates say could be the first major effort in the United States to study the effects of medical marijuana
As California legalizes pot, laws collide at US checkpoints
PUBLISHED: December 27th 2017PINE VALLEY, Calif. — California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won’t stop federal agents from seizing the drug — even in tiny amounts — on busy freeways and backcountry highways. Marijuana possession
Joy to the weed! Marijuana legalization comes bearing gifts
PUBLISHED: December 22nd 2017PORTLAND, Maine — Peter Bernard’s Yuletide plans include dressing up in a tuxedo emblazoned with marijuana leaves, donning a green Santa hat and doling out cookie bars made with marijuana to his friends from a