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In December, Governor Nathan Deal issued an order to remove an anti-overdose drug from the dangerous drug list, and to allow for it to be sold over the counter in pharmacies statewide. The governor said he was also planning to introduce additional legislation in this session to continue fighting the opioid epidemic.
With his heavy Southern drawl and hefty use of hyperbole, Jeff Sessions has long made clear his regressive opposition to legal marijuana in "Colarada" and other places presumably at the mercy of Satan's minions. "It's not funny," he said, at a hearing on pot legalization.
Last week White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer predicted "greater enforcement" of the federal ban on marijuana in the eight states that have legalized the drug for recreational use. This week Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an old-fashioned drug warrior who thinks "good people don't smoke marijuana," seemed to confirm Spicer's warning, telling reporters, "We're going to look at it...and try to adopt responsible policies."
There is a lot of inaccurate information about marijuana in circulation. For instance, during a recent conversation with an older friend, she said that that marijuana itself isn't so bad, but "it leads to hard drugs."
A report released in February by New Frontier Data projects that an unimpeded marijuana industry will create more than 250,000 jobs by 2020. And that's a proposition that looks increasingly shaky.
The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country's chief law enforcement officer, signalled at his confirmation hearing - and during private meetings in his first days on the job - that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in strict enforcement of immigration laws.
The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country's chief law enforcement officer, signaled at his confirmation hearing - and during private meetings in his first days on the job - that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in strict enforcement of immigration laws.
Congress is forming a cannabis caucus with high hopes of protecting a pot industry besieged by fears of a potential federal crackdown. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, is helping to lead the creation of the caucus.
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom threw down the gauntlet in a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday, telling him to leave his hands off of the state's marijuana laws.
A man accused of shooting two Indians in a suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, has been charged with murder and attempted... A man accused of shooting two Indians in a suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Residents of historic Selma, Alabama, have found a common fight against city fees that threaten a civil rights celebration and scratched a Civil War re-enactment.
This image released by the Thiqa News Agency, burned motorcycles that damaged after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers north of al-Bab,... .
A Philippine senator and leading critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drug crackdown has been arrested on drug charges after it was alleged she received money from drug dealers inside the country's prisons. Senator Leila de Lima, her former driver and bodyguard and a former national prison official were ordered to be arrested by a local court after a judge found merit in criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice last week.
Oregon lawmakers have repudiated a White House statement suggesting the U.S. Justice Department will enforce the federal prohibition on recreational marijuana in states that have legalized it. When Oregonians legalized recreational pot in 2014, they knew there was a risk of a federal crackdown with future presidential administrations, said Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland.
President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday for the first time that it will crack down on marijuana sales in states that have approved recreational pot use. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday for the first time that it will crack down on marijuana sales in states that have approved recreational pot use.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer just gave one of the most direct comments we've gotten from the Trump administration regarding marijuana policy. In response to a reporter's question at a February 23 press briefing, Spicer said he believes we will see "greater enforcement" of federal marijuana laws.
In statehouses across the country, lawmakers with loved ones who fell victim to drugs are leading the fight against the nation's deadly opioid-abuse crisis, drawing on tragic personal experience to attack the problem. A Minnesota state senator whose daughter died of a heroin overdose in a Burger King parking lot - a friend hid the needles instead of calling for help - spearheaded a law that grants immunity to 911 callers.
The Munich Security Conference takes place from 17 to 19 February 2017. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes and leading to the deaths of at least two people.
Penzone who defeated Arpaio in the November election announced... . FILE - In this June 25, 2014, file photo, an unidentified U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, left, helps an immigrant, including setting up intravenous fluid replacement for dehydration, near Sells, Ariz.
Top advisers for President Donald Trump are touting the border wall as a way to stop illicit drug trafficking, but experts argue it will do nothing to curb demand or address the current opioid epidemic. "Drug policy is a fairly complicated issue and something like a wall sounds great, but is certainly far too simple to address a very complex problem, which takes a pretty deep understanding of every aspect," Evan Nison, executive director of NORML New Jersey, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
A man was arrested on a slew of charges after being caught stealing a license plate on a vehicle in the Super 8 Motel parking lot in Poplar Bluff. On February, 12 around 5:30 a.m., Officer Zachary Tubb and Sgt.