Sean Spicer: Trump’s DOJ Will Push for “Greater Enforcement” of Federal Law in Recreational Marijuana States Administration Suggests They Will Not Crack Down on Medical Marijuana States In a press conference today, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly indicated that Jeff Sessions’ Department of Justice (DOJ) will crack down on recreational marijuana programs. When […]
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The Kent State Shooting and Nixon’s Crackdown on Marijuana
How Richard Nixon used marijuana propaganda to justify a crackdown on activism. Read article here: High Times
Crackdown on Portugal Hashish Connection
Portugal's Public Security Police (PSP) announced last week the seizure of 128,000 "individual doses" of hashish in a Lisbon raid, which also saw one arrest. Read article here: High Times
Canadian Feds Threaten Medical Cannabis Crackdown
Vancouver's BC Compassion Club Society and 12 other area cannabis dispensaries are waiting for clarification from Canada's federal government following a threat to call in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)—unless they close their doors. Read article here: High Times
Albania Seizes 500,000 Cannabis Plants in Major Crackdown
Albanian authorities say they have confiscated about half a million cannabis plants this year, arresting 240 suspected growers and drug traffickers. Read article here: High Times
Colombia: Corrupt Cops Caught in Crackdown
Nineteen officers of Colombia's National Police force have been arrested this week inMedellín, the latest busts in an ongoing sweep of corrupt officers. High Times
Medical Marijuana Plant Count Crackdown in Colorado
Last week the Colorado Department of Health announced a new medical cannabis crackdown that puts patients growing more than the standard number of pot plants in the hot seat. Officials began sending out letters to medical marijuana patients and their physicians requir… High Times
Dispensary Crackdown in San Jose
A crackdown on medicinal cannabis dispensaries in San Jose, California began December 11 after the City Council voted 8-3 late Tuesday night tosupport more restrictive medical pot lawsthat will be officially voted on in March. The new regulations wou… High Times
Medical Marijuana Delivery Services Rise In California Amid U.S. Dispensary Crackdown
Huffington PostBy Aaron Sankin SAN FRANCISCO — Amid a bare-knuckle fight with the federal government to keep his medical marijuana dispensary open, Steve DeAngelo had an idea: if federal prosecutors wouldn’t allow his patients to come to him, he would go to them. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Federal Crackdown Busts Montana’s MMJ Industry
If American society’s tolerance for marijuana is now growing, then what happened in Montana illustrates just what can happen when the government decides things have gone too far. Pot advocates were running caravans, helping hundreds of residents in a day get medical marijuana user cards. Some doctors who conducted cursory exams on scores of people […]