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Feds visit Colorado to research marijuana regulation, black market, enforcement

Colorado officials who oversee the state’s marijuana agencies are sharing details about a fact-finding visit earlier this week by federal law enforcement and drug policy administrators.

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Feds hold closed-doors meetings with Colorado officials known to have doubts about weed

Federal Department of Justice and drug policy officials met privately Wednesday with Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, local police and other community leaders who have expressed concern with marijuana.

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A brief history of D.A.R.E., the ’80s anti-drug program Jeff Sessions wants to revive

Jeff Sessions supports the D.A.R.E. anti-drug program, but decades of evidence-based research has shown the program to be ineffective.

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In Uruguay’s marijuana experiment, the government is your pot dealer

In coming weeks, cannabis-seeking citizens in this small South American nation will be able to walk into a pharmacy and buy government-approved marijuana for the state-mandated price of $1.30 a gram. No questions asked. No doctor’s note required.

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Former acting AG Sally Yates: Sessions’ drug policy unjust, dangerous

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates says Sessions is out of touch with broad bipartisan consensus regarding the harm of mandatory minimum drug sentences.

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Mexico’s former president slams Trump and Sessions in keynote at Cannabis Summit

Former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, delivered a keynote address to a crowd full of cannabis industry businesses at the Cannabis Summit in California.

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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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Jeff Sessions’ involvement in Comey firing prompts calls for him to resign

Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have an explanation for why he chose to participate in the firing of James Comey. But he may now be in considerable legal peril.

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After meeting with Sessions, Colorado gov thinks AG unlikely to crack down on marijuana

After meeting with AG Jeff Sessions, Gov. John Hickenlooper says on “Meet the Press Daily” he thinks the AG is unlikely to crack down but won’t “encourage” marijuana biz “in any way.”

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Jared Polis: Leave cannabis regulation to the states, President Trump

Opinion: Colorado has proven that allowing responsible adults to legally purchase marijuana gives money to classrooms, creates jobs and boosts the economy.

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