Tag: Eric Holder

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August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Sentencing Reform

Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Sentencing Reform

We at Weedist have covered a great deal about US Attorney General Eric Holder, and I must admit I was quite surprised when I saw that he...
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June 21, 2013
06/21/2013
WA Delegation to Feds: Clarity on Marijuana Legalization

WA Delegation to Feds: Clarity on Marijuana Legalization

013 Nearly eight months after Washington voters passed a binding cannabis legalization initiative with an impressive 55% showing, the federal government is still yet to have made...
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May 13, 2013
05/13/2013
MMJ Advocates Protest US Attorney General Holder’s Speech

MMJ Advocates Protest US Attorney General Holder’s Speech

Fly-over action sends message to Holder, launches advocates’ Peace for Patients campaign As U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a commencement speech this morning for UC Berkeley...
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May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Kal Penn of “Harold & Kumar” Off-base for Defending Obama Attacks in Medical Marijuana States

Kal Penn of “Harold & Kumar” Off-base for Defending Obama Attacks in Medical Marijuana States

Last week, Kal Penn, who plays Kumar in the “stoner” film franchise Harold & Kumar, spoke to Huffington Post Live about President Obama’s marijuana policies. During the April 26th interview, Penn...
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March 8, 2013
03/08/2013
US Attorney General to Respond “Relatively Soon” to Cannabis Legalization

US Attorney General to Respond “Relatively Soon” to Cannabis Legalization

United States Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the US Senate that the Obama administration is still formulating its policy in regards to states that have legalized the...
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March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
Congressman: Ex-DEA Chiefs ‘Arrogant’ to Press for Pot Law Nullification

Congressman: Ex-DEA Chiefs ‘Arrogant’ to Press for Pot Law Nullification

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) on Tuesday blasted 8 former heads of the DEA for pressuring the Obama administration to crack down on laws legalizing the recreational use...
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March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
More Overreaching Arguments Against Marijuana Legalization by DEA Chiefs and the UN

More Overreaching Arguments Against Marijuana Legalization by DEA Chiefs and the UN

The International Narcotics Control Board, a UN agency, and eight former DEA administrators came out swinging this week against marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. The INCB says the...
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March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
Marijuana Legalization May Be Unstoppable

Marijuana Legalization May Be Unstoppable

On Tuesday, US Attorney General Eric Holder told America to expect a decision “soon” on how he’ll respond to the recent legalization of pot by states. The...
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March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
Barack Obama, Eric Holder: Replace US Attorney Laura Duffy

Barack Obama, Eric Holder: Replace US Attorney Laura Duffy

Change.org Petition to remove Laura Duffy as US Attorney for Southern District Laura E. Duffy was sworn in as the Presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Southern...
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March 1, 2013
03/01/2013
Oakland Vies for Another Drag in Dispensary Fight

Oakland Vies for Another Drag in Dispensary Fight

Barred from stopping the shutdown of a medical marijuana dispensary, the city of Oakland asked a federal judge to stay proceedings pending its appeal. U.S. Magistrate Maria...
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January 25, 2013
01/25/2013
WA Governor Encouraged by Marijuana Talk with Holder

WA Governor Encouraged by Marijuana Talk with Holder

Washington Governor, Jay Inslee, said that his marijuana talk regarding I-502 with Attorney General Eric Holder was a “confidence-builder.” Though Holder said nothing about whether or not...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Harborside and the Feds’ Failed Medical Marijuana Communications

Harborside and the Feds’ Failed Medical Marijuana Communications

012, 07:10pm Harborside is in the news again today. Two weeks ago we noted the premiere (and largest) dispensary had won a battle in state court. Facing threats by federal authorities...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Alternet: “Will Obama Go After Legal Pot In Washington and Colorado?”

Alternet: “Will Obama Go After Legal Pot In Washington and Colorado?”

It has been nearly seven weeks since voters in Colorado and Washington made history, enacting at the ballot box unprecedented measures legalizing the adult possession on cannabis. Yet...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club

Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club

The city of Oakland renewed demands to stay forfeiture proceedings against a local medical marijuana dispensary whose business it defends as a matter of state’s rights. Though...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on Marijuana Policy

Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on Marijuana Policy

04:08pm Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said in a statement Thursday that he intends to hold a hearing seeking information about how the Obama...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012

AG Eric Holder Says Administration Will Announce Marijuana Policy Soon

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing the use of marijuana as “there is a...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Feds Say City of Oakland Can’t Stop Medical Pot Crackdown

Feds Say City of Oakland Can’t Stop Medical Pot Crackdown

The U.S. government told a federal judge that the city of Oakland lacks standing to try and block it from seizing a medical marijuana dispensary. Harborside Health...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

01:46pm Some 20 Colorado business organizations wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday urging him to enforce federal laws barring the sale and possession...
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November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Harborside Health Center Must Stay Open, Oakland Says

Harborside Health Center Must Stay Open, Oakland Says

Forfeiture proceedings against a medical marijuana dispensary should be stayed while a federal judge considers claims that such regulation belongs to the states, the city of Oakland...
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November 27, 2012
11/27/2012
Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana

Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana

In the wake of the historic votes for marijuana law reform on November 6th, there has been a renewed focus on the topic and a shift in...
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