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What Will Donald Trump’s New Attorney General Mean for Cannabis?

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 9, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Donald Trump shook up the political world (what else is new) when he fired Reefer Madness Attorney General Jeff Sessions the day following the 2018 midterms. Now, speculation has begun on who the permanent AG will be following the naming of Matthew Whitaker, Jeff Session’s former Chief of Staff,...

Donald Trump to Replace Jeff Sessions with Chris Christie?

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 8, 2018. Posted in ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

Folks can move in and out of favor with Donald Trump rather quickly. Jeff Sessions was rewarded for being Trump’s first U.S. Senate endorser with an Attorney General appointment, but he was relegated to the doghouse for recusing himself from overseeing Robert Mueller’s investigation of...

Reefer Madness Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns!

Written by Anthony Johnson on November 7, 2018. Posted in ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

At Donald Trump’s request, Jeff Sessions resigned today as U.S. Attorney General. In other words, he was fired. In Trump’s doghouse for recusing himself from overseeing Robert Mueller’s Russian election conspiracy investigation, Sessions removal has some serious national political...

Democrats and Republicans Battle for Cannabis Voters

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 12, 2018. Posted in ICBC San Francisco, Politics.

While the Democratic Party has been more likely to embrace cannabis law reform over the years, not every Democratic leader has been on board, opening up opportunities for Republicans to make inroads among the cannabis community. While Donald Trump’s record on cannabis is spotty as appointing...

Senator Merkley Takes on Trump and Prohibition, Ahead of the ICBC

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 26, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley has been defending not only the will of Oregon voters who passed cannabis legalization with over 56% of the vote in 2014, but also the will of the strong majority of all Americans that now understand the failure of cannabis prohibition. Tired of wasting law enforcement...

Committee Passes Bill to License More Medical Cannabis Grows

Written by Anthony Johnson on September 13, 2018. Posted in ICBC Portland, Politics, Science.

Anyone that has seen the marijuana grown by the United States government for the few remaining federally-recognized patients and the limited research projects approved over the years, knows that it is of extremely poor quality. The Medical Cannabis Research Act (MCRA), sponsored by Republican Representative...

Trump’s Secret War on Cannabis Won’t Work

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 29, 2018. Posted in Business, Politics.

Donald Trump has been on both (or several) sides of the cannabis legalization debate since he announced his run for president. He declared himself supportive of medical cannabis and a believer in states’ rights on adult-use marijuana laws as a candidate. However, Trump’s moderate public...

Jeff Sessions Says States Can Legalize…but There’s a Catch

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 27, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Cannabis legalization supporters and Drug War reformers certainly weren’t happy when Donald Trump appointed Reefer Madness prohibitionist Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Sessions then proceeded to validate our fears when he rescinded the Obama administration’s policies that allowed...

Oregon Medical Cannabis Program Needs to Do More for Patients

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 19, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, Medical, Politics.

In many ways, Oregon is a leader on cannabis policy in the United States. The state was the first to decriminalize personal possession in 1973, was an early medical state in 1998, the third to vote in legalization in 2014, and really led the nation on decreasing criminal penalties across the board...