California’s fledgling recreational marijuana industry may soon be able to fully exhale after President Donald Trump indicated this week that he is willing to support federal legislation protecting legal cannabis businesses. Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said in a statement today that he received a “commitment from the President that the Department of Justice’s rescission […]
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Attorney General Reverses Obama-Era Marijuana Protections
Just days after recreational cannabis became fully legal in California, U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions announced Thursday that he is rescinding an Obama-era policy that directed the Department of Justice to take a hands-off approach to marijuana in states that have set their own laws. The policy, implemented since 2013, is known as the […]