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Colorado lawmakers fall short in effort to shield recreational marijuana from federal enforcement

A $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September won’t include protections for the recreational marijuana industry — a blow to Colorado lawmakers who tried to add that language to the must-pass bill.

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18 bipartisan senators, led by Bennet and Gardner, want protections for marijuana laws added to funding legislation

Precise language in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations can alleviate the turbulence U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw into the legal cannabis industry when he rescinded the so-called Cole Memo, 18 senators said in a letter sent to Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran.

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Cory Gardner’s siege of the Justice Department over marijuana enters second month

It’s been a month since the pot-blockade began and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is standing firm in his vow to jam all appointments to the Department of Justice until Attorney General Jeff Sessions changes his approach to federal marijuana policy.

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Congressmen: Rescinding marijuana banking guidance would be “dangerous and imprudent”

A letter from Reps. Perlmutter and Heck in support of Obama-era marijuana banking guidance has been signed by 29 additional members of Congress

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19 state attorneys general back Colo. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s marijuana banking bill

The recent rescission of prior Obama-era guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for banks doing business with marijuana firms has made the need for Congressional action more urgent, the attorneys general said.

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New DOJ marijuana policy sparks latest clash over states’ rights

The federal government’s position on state laws legalizing marijuana is only the latest high-profile states’ rights fight.

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Gardner to co-sponsor federal bill to let canna-businesses take tax deductions

Senator Cory Gardner, a Republican from Colorado, is backing federal legislation that would allow state-legal marijuana businesses to claim tax deductions.

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Cory Gardner is backing legislation to ease the way for medical marijuana research

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is backing bipartisan legislation to ease the way for medical marijuana research  that he hopes will be a big positive for Colorado.

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Going into its fourth harvest, industrial hemp industry still facing growing pains

The Colorado hemp market has grown exponentially since it became legal, and farmers this year are expected to harvest 9,000 acres – up from 200 acres in 2014.

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How advocates are inspiring members of Congress to champion national CBD oil legalization

Cannabist Special Report: CBD, TBD || In Part 2 of this series, a look at multiple pieces of federal legislation that seek to legalize CBD oil and open research into the non-psychoactive cannabis compound touted for its medicinal promise.

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