The Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on China is expected to have a direct impact on several sectors of the marijuana industry – in particular, cannabis vaporizer companies. Others likely to be affected include: “If I was in the vape …
Dan Quigley, the deputy coordinator of the National Marijuana Initiative (NMI), a subset of the law enforcement wing of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, sent a request to Massachusetts health officials this week, asking for bundles …
Marijuana enforcement recommendations are set to be delivered to Attorney General Sessions this week. The federal marijuana crackdown that drug reform advocates have speculated and feared for the past several months could come to a head later this week when …
The Trump administration’s attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans. Frustrated by federal laws restricting their access to a drug …
But in the same speech, Sessions made clear that he thinks the drug crisis isn’t limited to opiate abuse. “I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana — so, people can …
The Trump administration has ordered members of the Justice Department’s Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety to “undertake a review of existing policies” regarding federal marijuana law enforcement, among other things. The group’s report is due this month …
Drug abuse is devastating American society. Opioid overdose alone killed more than 33,000 people in 2015. But rather than address this public-health crisis, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has declared a new war on drugs. He has reintroduced mandatory minimum sentences …
The Trump administration’s troubling stance on cannabis policy has sparked a pullback in marijuana stocks, according to New Frontier Data. In 2016, the Viridian Cannabis Stock Index ballooned by 236 percent, fuelled partially by opportunities created by the 10 new …
In the first few months of 2017, the Trump Administration made certain statements suggesting there may be “greater enforcement” of federal laws against cannabis. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also compared recreational cannabis to the opioid addiction crisis, while …
If you happened to be walking through Westlake Park on the afternoon of March 1, you may have missed the Seattle-area “Tech Employees for Diversity and Inclusion” protest. It was only a handful of people holding signs and chanting: “No …