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Department of Justice
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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 property.
October 20, 2017
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…
October 19, 2017
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…
October 4, 2017
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…
September 20, 2017
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…
September 5, 2017
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…
September 4, 2017
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…
August 24, 2017
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…
August 17, 2017
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…
August 16, 2017
U.S. Pot States Try to Curb Smuggling, Fend off Administration
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place…
August 14, 2017