Legal cannabis faces White House crackdown

Jeff Sessions rescinds Obama-era memo shielding marijuana-friendly states

Jeff Sessions has rescinded a memo providing protection for marijuana-friendly states
Jeff Sessions has rescinded a memo providing protection for marijuana-friendly states
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Jeff Sessions, the US Attorney General, has rescinded an Obama-era memo which shielded states that have legalised or decriminalised cannabis.

The Cole memo, named after former deputy attorney general James Cole, was directedin 2013 and was a “directive to federal prosecutors that essentially adopted a policy of non-interference with marijuana-friendly state laws”, CNN says.

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