What the Jeffrey Epstein Case Can Teach Us about Drug Law Policy Reform Some people might wonder what a pedophile and a sex trafficker has to do with drug reform. Surely there can be no connection between the two? Well, you’d be wrong there. The latest developments in “high-profile” people…
White House’ Negative Cannabis Coalition Just the “Same Old Same Old” According to a recent Buzzfeed Report, the White House has a Marijuana Policy Coordination Committee which instructed 14 Federal Agencies and the DEA to submit data that demonstrates the ‘most significant negative trends’ about marijuana and the ‘threats it…
The Denver and Thornton mayors have joined a new coalition of U.S. city leaders that will lobby Congress and the Trump administration to increase local control over marijuana policy. Announced during the weekend meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston, the group’s formation is the latest effort by…
Published: Jan 25, 2018, 7:29 am • Updated: Jan 25, 2018, 7:29 am By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post A 24-year-old former Trump campaign worker who rose rapidly to a senior post in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will step down by the end of…
Published: Jan 24, 2018, 1:23 pm • Updated: Jan 24, 2018, 1:51 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff Uncertainty interjected into the cannabis industry earlier this month by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions could create new opportunities for the sector and advance legalization legislation. But the realities of a…
Published: Jan 22, 2018, 1:23 pm • Updated: Jan 22, 2018, 1:23 pm By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post A former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White House’s drug policy office had been let go from a job at a law…
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post) In May 2016, Taylor Weyeneth was an undergraduate at St. John’s University in New York, a legal studies student and fraternity member who organized a golf…
Colorado Sen. Gardner Presses Sessions About Cannabis Policy There’s no doubt that AG Jeff Sessions’ announcement that the Obama-era Cole Memo would be rescinded ruffled a lot of feathers. Particularly in Colorado. Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner said in an interview that he intends to press Sessions about his approach on…
Published: Jan 11, 2018, 4:12 pm • Updated: Jan 11, 2018, 5:00 pm By Mark Matthews, The Denver Post WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Thursday provided additional details on his meeting Wednesday with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in which they discussed their disagreement over marijuana policy. “I…
Published: Jan 5, 2018, 12:08 pm • Updated: Jan 5, 2018, 12:08 pm By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s governor said Thursday the state will fight U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to roll back a lenient policy on federal enforcement of the drug to protect its…