An internal U.S. Justice Department video of a private event forum that included agency interns and the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed a terse exchange between Sessions and interns who dared to question his stance on federal marijuana policy. ABC News reports that while Sessions has insisted on numerous…
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Federal Prosecutors Dropping Charges Against Teen for 1 Gram of Marijuana
Federal authorities have decided they will drop the charges pending against a teen who was charged with possession of about one gram of marijuana, after the case gained national attention in Oregon. The Native American teenager had faced a federal misdemeanor – which carries a possible one-year prison term and…
Consultants on First U.S. Marijuana Resort Arrested on Drug Charges
Two consultants working with a Native American tribe with plans to open the country’s first “marijuana resort” have been arrested and charged with drug offenses by the South Dakota Attorney General’s office. Authorities have charged the two men with illegally and covertly shipping marijuana seeds from the Netherlands via compact…
Supreme Court May Have Just Expanded Unlawful Police Searches
The U.S. Supreme Court has just handed down two rulings that may have widened the ability of law enforcement to conduct illegal searches – something our Los Angeles marijuana arrest lawyers find deeply troubling. In one case, there was an expansion of the exception to a long-standing rule that unlawfully-gathered evidence had…