Articles tagged with "law enforcement"
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The Roll-Up #45: An Avalanche of Good Cannabis News
Leafly Podcasts - Published on August 3, 2018read moreThis week: grand gestures from New York officials, shockingly sensible moves in a former Soviet republic, and how fear-mongers are trying to skew “cannabis poisonings.”
Meet the Author of the Most Important Memo in Cannabis
Ben Adlin - Published on July 25, 2018read moreKnown today as the 2013 Cole memo, the document helped usher in a new era of state-legal cannabis.
New Jersey Presses Pause on Marijuana Prosecutions
The Associated Press - Published on July 24, 2018read moreNew Jersey’s attorney general has announced an immediate hold of all marijuana cases in municipal courts statewide until at least September.
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NORML Blasts Police for Chasing Cannabis Suspect With Bulldozer
The Associated Press - Published on July 12, 2018read moreState police went grossly overboard in their pursuit of a marijuana suspect whose body was found under a bulldozer that authorities used to search for him, the group said Thursday.
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US Attorney in Massachusetts Will Let Legal Market Proceed
Ben Adlin - Published on July 11, 2018read moreUS Attorney Andrew Lelling said that while he can’t immunize the state-legal industry, his office’s enforcement priorities lie elsewhere.
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Across Gender, Race, and Party, More Americans Than Ever Support Cannabis Legalization
Ben Adlin - Published on June 20, 2018read moreA new national poll has found record support for legalizing cannabis in the US and limiting the impact of nonviolent criminal convictions.
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A History of Cannabis Prohibition in 13 Iconic Busts
David Bienenstock - Published on June 12, 2018read moreWhat do Louis Armstrong, Robert Mitchum, & Tommy Chong have in common? They were all busted for cannabis.
![Skip The Traffic: Sleep, play, eat, and smoke in downtown L.A. for a weekend. (iStock)]()
Los Angeles Files Charges Against Dozens of Unlicensed Cannabis Businesses
Hayley Fox - Published on May 30, 2018read moreCity Attorney Mike Feuer said his office has filed 36 criminal cases against a total of 140 defendants associated with 32 cannabis shops and one delivery service.
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Top New York Lawmaker: Expunge Convictions if Cannabis Goes Legal
The Associated Press - Published on May 30, 2018read more“If we’re going to get to the point that it’s going to be legal, why should people still have trouble getting jobs and have a record for something that is legal?”
![McGregor Scott, right, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, flanked by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, center, discusses an increase in the use of a banned pesticide at illegal marijuana farms hidden on public lands Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Research by Mourad Gabriel, left, the executive director and senior ecologist at Integral Ecology Research Center, and his colleagues found the highly toxic pesticide Carbofuran, which can't legally be used in the Unites States, at 72 percent of grow sites last year, up 15 percent from 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)]()
Feds Refresh California Marijuana Strategy
The Associated Press - Published on May 30, 2018read moreState and federal officials Tuesday announced they will use $2.5 million in federal money to target illegal grows.
