The cannabis industry under President Trump and the newly appointed Jeff Sessions, Attorney General makes marijuana advocates wonder about the existing marijuana rights and its use. The reaction from the general public as to the nomination and appointment of Jeff Sessions has been conflicting or mixed. Many believe that President Trump's main focus is on jobs and expenditure, but Jeff Sessions, on the other hand, could crackdown on marijuana rights and so there are many preparing for this in the worst way. We will explore some of the arguments about the cannabis industry as it stands under the new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions and to what extent will the new Attorney General let the existing marijuana rights stay in place.
The Cole Memorandum
According to the current federal law, ...
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Protecting Cannabis From the New Trump Administration?
During the ongoing presidential campaign, it was difficult to assume Donald Trump’s position on cannabis. Many advocates were and still are leery about him since they had strong agendas about protecting cannabis despite the candidate who would have won the presidential election. One thing that supporters of marijuana and Trump would tell you is that Trump did say that he would be in support of allowing every state to do their own bidding on all issues. Is that still true now that he has won the presidential election? We still don’t know for sure since he has a candidate like Jeff Sessions in confirmation hearings to become the next U.S. Attorney General. Many skeptics think that it is even less apparent since Trump is associated with controversial people like Rudy Giuliani and Sheldon ...
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