Tag Archives: Attorney General

Gov. Northam signs bill to decriminalize marijuana in Virginia

By WHSV newsroom RICHMOND, Va. (WHSV) — On Thursday, Governor Ralph Northam officially signed Virginia’s [...]

Low-Level Marijuana Offenders Eligible For Pardons In North Dakota

State officials have approved procedures permitting those with low-level marijuana possession convictions to seek unconditional pardons. Republican [...]

Researching Medical Marijuana May Soon Get Easier

By WILL STONE Researchers hoping to study marijuana for scientific and medical purposes are one [...]

Viral Claim Blurs Marijuana, Gun Policies

Social posts wrongly claim that states legalizing marijuana also have “legislated” that those who use [...]

U.S. Attorney General Says He Prefers Marijuana Reform Bill To Current Federal Law

By Kyle Jaeger Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday that he would prefer that Congress [...]

A Growing Chorus of Big City Prosecutors Say No to Marijuana Convictions

By Shaila Dewan BALTIMORE — Baltimore has both the highest murder rate among the nation’s [...]

Courts Disagree If Cannabis Smell Justifies Search and Seizure

In a win both for cannabis freedom and racial justice, Vermont’s top court ruled in [...]

Trump Attorney General Nominee Won’t Go After Legal Marijuana Businesses And Urges Congress To Act

At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, attorney general nominee William Barr said he would not [...]

Jeff Sessions Breaks Cannabis Silence To Spread Fake News About A Marijuana ‘Myth’

It’s been a minute since Attorney General Jeff Sessions directly commented on marijuana. But on [...]