Appropriations Committee Approves Amendment Defunding DOJ Medical Marijuana Enforcement Strongest Signal yet that Congress Does Not Support Sessions’ Drug War Agenda Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted by voice vote to approve an amendment that would block the Department of Justice from spending any funds to undermine state medical marijuana laws. July 27, 2017 Drug […]
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Sen. Jeff Sessions Gives “Wishy Washy” Response to Questions about Marijuana and Federalism at Attorney General Confirmation Hearing Today
Drug Policy Alliance: Sessions Did Not Rule Out Continuing the Federal War on Marijuana Statement from Bill Piper, Senior Director of the Drug Policy Alliance's Office of National Affairs: January 10, 2017 Drug Policy Alliance read more Read article here: Drug Policy Alliance – Medical Marijuana
What Jeff Sessions Could Mean For Legal Marijuana
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department has roiled California’s emerging marijuana industry. Just as supporters of marijuana legalization were celebrating voters’ approval of the recreational use of the drug in the state, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama entered the picture as Mr. Trump’s choice for attorney general. Cannabis is illegal under […]
Jeff Mizanskey Set Free After Serving 21 Years For Cannabis Arrests
In 1996, Jeff Mizanskey was a dead man, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole because of three felony convictions. All were for non-violent, marijuana-related offenses. Mizanskey’s three strikes included selling a small amount of pot to a relative, possessing less than three ounces in his home, and driving a friend to a motel […]
How An Unlikely Coalition Of Family, Activists And More Freed Jeff Mizanskey
At 1:30 a.m. on September 1, Jeff Mizanskey woke up in his prison cell at the Jefferson City Correctional Center after a brief nap. The 62-year-old had been in prison for nearly 22 years. But in six hours, he would be a free man. He couldn’t fall back asleep. The seconds ticked by slowly. Guards […]
Jeff Mizanskey Released From Prison
Friends and family of JeffMizanskeygathered outside the Jefferson City Correctional Center at around7 amin anticipation of his release. Early reports indicated that he would have his freedom between 8 and10am, but David Owen, Communications D… Read article here: High Times
Jeff Mizanskey: Marijuana Lifer Gets Parole
It has been three months since Missouri Governor Jay Nixon commuted the sentence of marijuana lifer JeffMizanskey, and now, he is being released on parole. Read article here: High Times
Jeff Mizanskey: Marijuana Lifer Scheduled for First Parole Hearing
JeffMizanskey—the Missouri inmate who has become the poster child for sentencing reform in regard to the offense of marijuana possession—is scheduled this week for his first parole hearing since receiving a life sentence with no possibility for an early … Read article here: High Times
Jeff Mizanskey Fears Dying in Jail Over Pot Charges
It has been nearly a month since one of the most infamous prisoners of the drug war, JeffMizanskey, learned that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon would not grant him a pardon. Read article here: High Times