Will the unpopular move by Jeff Sessions to rescind the Cole Memo usher in a blue wave next November? Yesterday's action by Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been met with bi-partisan criticism. In a politically charged climate where a majority of Americans are unhappy with how the federal government is handling tax reform, DACA, and healthcare, a return to the...

Amy Razi of Reseda Discount Caregivers on the saucey concentrates boom, the importance of shelf life, and how management training has made her a better budtender.  In the past few years, there has been a trend in patients asking for shatter,” said Amy Razi of RDC dispensary in Reseda, California. “But now many of our patients have been asking for...

LOS ANGELES(January 3, 2018) – CANN Media Group, LLC (CMG), the leading national cannabis business publishing organization, has announced the Cannavation Awards, a program designed to recognize both companies and individuals for excellence in branding, research, social responsibility, and innovation within the cannabis industry. Since 2015, CMG has been the undisputed market leader in providing the cannabis industry with business...

The rescission of the Cole memorandum by US Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is no surprise. Sessions is the last standing advocate of the widely discredited, unscientific Reefer Madness approach to cannabis policy. However, chances are remote that Sessions’ action will significantly impact the legal cannabis industry. All the rescission does is affirm the existing power of US Attorneys to...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday rescinded the Cole Memo, an informal order that provided a shield from prosecution for businesses and consumers who complied with state marijuana laws from federal prosecution. The "Sessions Memo" instructs federal prosecutors to "weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the...

A craft-brewery-inspired tour gives dispensary visitors a look inside a seed-to-sale operation. Our company draws a lot of inspiration from the micro-brew movement of the mid-1990s,” said Truman Bradley, founder and chief executive officer for Seed & Smith. “That movement reshaped the way people look at beer. The microbreweries proved beers can be different, and with education, consumers will come...

DENVER, CO (01/04/18) – "The state regulated and legal cannabis industry has created tens of thousands of jobs, more than a billion dollars in tax revenue, and has taken market share from foreign criminal enterprises. We have also seen statistically significant declines in opioid overdose deaths in the states that have decided to opt out of federal cannabis prohibition,"...

News that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind the Cole Memo, which de-funded prosecution budgets related to marijuana and thereby effectively created an accommodation for state governments to individually regulate cannabis use, comes at a pivotal moment in New Jersey as Governor-elect Phil Murphy is expected to endorse legislation that would legalize recreational cannabis here. Charles X. Gormally and John...

This morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Department of Justice’s move to rescind the "Cole Memo” and two additional memos related to marijuana enforcement policy. These memos, issued in 2013 and 2014, have helped to clarify the Department’s response to state-legal cannabis activity. This is disturbing news for the cannabis industry and the majority of U.S. voters who support legal cannabis. However, the...

National Cannabis Industry Association Responds to Department of Justice's Move to Rescind Marijuana Enforcement Guidelines. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice has rescinded the "Cole Memo" and two additional memos related to marijuana enforcement policy. These memos, issued in 2013 and 2014, have helped to clarify the Department's response to state-legal cannabis activity. In...