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What Jeff Sessions doesn't understand about medical marijuana

  • Written by C. Michael White, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
Patients in 29 states can legally use medical marijuana to treat their symptoms.SageElyse/shutterstock.com

On Jan. 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, a 2013 document that limits federal enforcement of marijuana laws.

This opens the door for a crackdown in the nine states with legal recreational marijuana.

The Cole memo is one...

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