Department of Justice

Attorney General Sessions Hints At Federal Marijuana Crackdown

Guess we're not in the clear after all...

7 years ago

DOJ Creates Internal Watchdog for Civil Asset Forfeiture Program

In the United States, we have this thing called the Civil Asset Forfeiture Program. Basically, law enforcement can confiscate your…

7 years ago

Jeff Sessions Testified About Medical Marijuana Research

On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified about medical marijuana research to a Senate Judiciary committee. He was speaking…

7 years ago

New Acting DEA Chief Appointed by Justice Department

The Justice Department announced that it had tapped Robert Patterson, a career investigator, to temporarily lead the Drug Enforcement Administration…

7 years ago

More Marijuana Myths: Jeff Sessions Slams Legalization—Again

The progress of marijuana legalization is being threatened once more with the nations top law enforcer speaking out against it.…

7 years ago

Trump Overturns Ban on Military Gear for Police

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week, overturning Barack Obama's 2015 directive that barred local police agencies from…

7 years ago

Sessions Is All Talk: Drug Prosecutions Are Lower and Marijuana Industry Remains Intact

Although the Trump administration emerged with a raging hard-on earlier this year in the name of a renewed discipline to…

7 years ago

Congressmen Want to Know Why Jeff Sessions Is Standing in the Way of Marijuana Research

Congressional forces, at least the dedicated few with enough cojones to swing violent haymakers in the name of marijuana reform…

7 years ago

Can Jeff Sessions Use the Cole Memo to Undermine Legal Marijuana States?

Although we have written often about the Obama-era Cole Memo which, in another lifetime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called “valuable” and…

7 years ago

DEA and Justice Department at Odds on Medical Pot Research

A year ago, the DEA began accepting applications to grow more marijuana for research. They now have 25 proposals to…

7 years ago