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U.S. Health Officials Recommend Schedule III for Cannabis

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended reclassifying cannabis from Schedule I to a less restrictive Schedule III...
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House Votes to Protect State-Legal Cannabis Businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed an amendment that would prohibit the Department of Justice from interfering with state and...
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Feds Force Subpoena for California Cannabis License and Shipping Documents

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) wants afederal court to order California regulators to turn over documentsabout cannabis licenses and...
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DOJ Whistleblower: William Barr’s Dislike of Cannabis Spurred Antitrust Reviews

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Department of Justice (DOJ) whistleblower and U.S. attorney named John Elias is expected to continue testimony today that alleges U.S....
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Lawsuit Forces DEA to Release Secret Internal Memo about Cannabis Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been required to release an internal memo that was supposedly used to force delays in...
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U.S. House Passes Amendment Blocking DOJ Interference in State Marijuana Laws

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a measure barring the Department of Justice from spending money to interfere with...
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Oregon U.S. Attorney Says It Will Go After Illegal Cannabis, Organized Crime

PORTLAND, Ore.–The United States Attorney for Oregon, on May 18, issued a memo outlining updated priorities for federal enforcement affecting cannabis regulation in the...
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Trump Calls Off Justice Department Cannabis Crackdown

White House officials announced today that President Donald Trump, after recent talks with Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, has personally directed the Justice Department to...
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DOJ Seizes 100 Sacramento Houses in Chinese Crime Syndicate Sting

SACRAMENTO – Media reports yesterday said that federal authorities from the United States Department of Justice have concluded a two-day sweep of houses, alleged...

Caveat Cannabis

When the United States Senate anointed one of its own—Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions—attorney general in February 2017, the legal cannabis industry barely batted an...

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