Legal Issues

DEA Clarifies Stance: Not All CBD Is Prohibited

DEA Clarifies Stance: Not All CBD Is Prohibited June 1, 2018 | MJ News Network The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a statement further clarifying their interpretation and enforcement Read More

The Jeff Sessions Cannabis Crackdown Has Arrived—And It’s Awesome

The Jeff Sessions Cannabis Crackdown Has Arrived—And It’s Awesome Bruce Barcott | May 30, 2018 This isn’t the cannabis crackdown Jeff Sessions envisioned. Back in the early days of 2017,Read More

DEA Confirms It Cannot Regulate All Parts of the Cannabis Plant

DEA Confirms It Cannot Regulate All Parts of the Cannabis Plant Daniel Shortt | May 29, 2018 On May 22, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) issued an internal directive (the Read More

U.S. Attorney for Oregon Stepping Up Enforcement to Curb Cannabis Trafficking & Diversion

U.S. Attorney for Oregon Stepping Up Enforcement to Curb Cannabis Trafficking & Diversion TG Branfalt | 5/22/2018 U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams has announced five priority areas of enforcing Read More

U.S. agents raid 17 homes across Puget Sound in black-market weed investigation

U.S. agents raid 17 homes across Puget Sound in black-market weed investigation May 18, 2018 | Jessica Lee Federal agents are looking for two men suspected of leading an international Read More

Sweet Leaf Marijuana Centers should be stripped of licenses after illegal sales scheme, hearing officer rules

Sweet Leaf Marijuana Centers should be stripped of licenses after illegal sales scheme, hearing officer rules Alicia Wallace | Apr 30, 2018 The Sweet Leaf dispensary chain, shut down in Read More

Seattle asks court to dismiss misdemeanor marijuana convictions from before legalization

Seattle asks court to dismiss misdemeanor marijuana convictions from before legalization April 27, 2018 | Daniel Beekman Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes filed a motion Friday asking the Seattle Municipal Read More

Alaska House Passes Bill Restricting Public Access to Some Cannabis Possession Criminal Records

Alaska House Passes Bill Restricting Public Access to Some Cannabis Possession Criminal Records TG Branfalt | 4/16/2018 Alaska’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would restrict public access Read More

Former Seattle cop gets 6 years for pot-smuggling operation

Former Seattle cop gets 6 years for pot-smuggling operation Associated Press | March 23, 2018 A former Seattle police officer has been sentenced to six years in prison for his Read More

Following in Seattle’s footsteps, Pierce County looks to throw out marijuana convictions

Following in Seattle’s footsteps, Pierce County looks to throw out marijuana convictions MYNORTHWEST.COM | Mar 15, 2018 “Our plan is to open the door to make it easier for people Read More