States With Legal Marijuana Gear Up For A Fight With The Sessions DOJ

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Steve Birr Fiery rhetoric on marijuana legalization from Attorney General Jeff Sessions is prompting some states to preemptively act to limit federal power over local pot laws. “They could start issuing a bunch of threat letters, they could begin raiding and arresting people in various states,” Tom Angell, chairman…

Legal Marijuana in U.S. Cutting Into Mexican Cartel Profits

New data released from the United States Border Patrol shows that marijuana seizures along the border have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, indicating that the illegal supply of cannabis coming from Mexico into the U.S. is on the decline. So what happened? Why would the cartels be sending less marijuana into the…

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Big Wigs in Massachusetts Play On Unfounded Fears To Oppose Marijuana

Voters in Massachusetts are set to decide on the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes this fall, prompting the state’s governor, attorney general, and the mayor of Boston to come out against the idea in a recent op-ed for The Boston Globe. While it’s unlikely these officials actually wrote the op-ed – the real author is…