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Could cannabis be focus of new battle over states' rights?

2016 Cannabis Cup Photo courtesy Cannabis Reports Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana last November, and there was a sense of paranoia on the free bus from Las Vegas out to this year's Cannabis Cup , a regular event held on a Native American Reservation. After all, the Trump Administration's new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions,…

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By Warren Olney • Mar 14, 2017 • 1 min read

2016 Cannabis Cup

Photo courtesy Cannabis Reports

Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana last November, and there was a sense of paranoia on the free bus from Las Vegas out to this year's Cannabis Cup, a regular event held on a Native American Reservation. After all, the Trump Administration's new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, is dead set against legal weed, and the state's US attorney issued a stern warning. James Higdon is a freelance writer covering drug policy for Politico magazine.

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