{"id":8613,"date":"2019-01-15T20:58:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3326259"},"modified":"2019-01-15T20:58:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:58:48","slug":"attorney-general-nominee-bill-barr-says-he-would-not-go-after-marijuana-companies-in-states-where-cannabis-is-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/attorney-general-nominee-bill-barr-says-he-would-not-go-after-marijuana-companies-in-states-where-cannabis-is-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney general nominee Bill Barr says he would \u201cnot go after\u201d marijuana companies in states where cannabis is legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/attorney-general-nominee-bill-barr-says-he-would-not-go-after-marijuana-companies-in-states-where-cannabis-is-legal\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/attorney-general-nominee-bill-barr-says-he-would-not-go-after-marijuana-companies-in-states-where-cannabis-is-legal.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0Attorney general nominee Bill Barr says he would \u201cnot go after\u201d marijuana companies in states where cannabis is legal.<\/p>\n<p>Barr said at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday that companies had relied on Obama-era guidance that kept federal authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in states where the drug is legal.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded that guidance, known as the Cole Memo, last year.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions\u2019 action came days after California\u2019s broad marijuana legalization. Since the guidance was rescinded, there has been concern about the future of the growing cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law prohibits the possession and sale of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Barr says he believes that the \u201ccurrent system is untenable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Attorney general nominee Bill Barr says he would &#8220;not go after&#8221; marijuana companies in states where cannabis is legal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,6811,6813,77,5667,9,5019,1,3,61,8056,1736],"tags":[2632,6816,6818,2655,5673,5022,8057],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}