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Bipartisan legislation seeks to undermine Jeff Sessions’ sentencing memo

A bipartisan group of senators are introducing legislation to give federal judges more discretion to impose lower sentences, pushing back on Jeff Sessions’ order.

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Canada weighs risks and benefits of setting 18 as minimum age for weed use

The most controversial part of Canada’s national marijuana legalization may be setting the minimum age for use at 18 — three years lower than U.S. states that have legalized.

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Colorado looks to marijuana tax as budget fix, stretching the limits of what voters approved

In last-minute negotiations between Colorado lawmakers on a major spending bill, a dubious budget-fixer has emerged: an increase in marijuana taxes. And it represents a little-noticed but significant shift in how Colorado spends marijuana tax dollars.

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Colorado leaves police free to help with pot crackdown

Colorado law enforcement officers are free to help in a potential federal marijuana crackdown.

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Dispute over marijuana taxing authority in Colorado may continue — despite state bill designed to defuse it

Lawmakers are expected to pass a bill Monday to stop a standoff over local marijuana taxes, but that may not stop a protracted legal battle between Adams County and three of its cities from winding up at the state’s high court.

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New law: Courts can’t force medical marijuana abstinence for users awaiting trial

Marijuana use can’t be banned while people await trial in Colorado, according to a new law signed by the governor Thursday.

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New federal bill would reschedule marijuana as Schedule III

The latest marijuana-centric bill before Congress would place cannabis as a Schedule III substance, a classification shared by Tylenol with codeine.

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Exclusive: Here’s how Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper really feels about marijuana

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to talks about AG Jeff Sessions and fed enforcement, state pot clubs legislation, being the parent of a teen, and more.

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Colorado lawmakers urge governor to step in on medical marijuana registry backlog

Three Colorado legislators are calling on Gov. John Hickenlooper to intervene in the state’s medical marijuana registry backlog, an issue that one lawmaker says is a matter of “life and death.”

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Colorado governor suggests he may veto pot clubs bill without changes

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday expressed reservations about two major pieces of marijuana legislation in Colorado — in one case citing concerns about the Donald Trump administration’s potential crackdown.

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