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 Undated: Cannabis policy of the Donald Trump administration
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_policy_of_the_Donald_Trump_administration

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 September 18: Marijuana Money Is Still A Pot Of Trouble For Banks
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2014/09/18/local-banks-terrified-by-friendly-neighborhood-marijuana-merchants/#47d22c3e4730

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 November 11: Will the Trump Administration Weed Out Medical Marijuana?

The president-elect previously has said that regulating cannabis is a state issue—but some of his closest advisers think otherwise.
 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/medical-marijuana-cannabis-trump-election/

December 8: 7 Reasons President Trump Is Unlikely to Fight Legal Marijuana
http://time.com/4594445/legal-marijuana-trump-sessions-policy/

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February 23: Trump administration plans crackdown on recreational marijuana
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/california-weed/article134608869.html

February 24: White House: Feds will step up marijuana law enforcement ... The White House said ... it expects law enforcement agents to enforce federal marijuana laws when they come into conflict with states where recreational use of the drug is permitted.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/white-house-marijuana-donald-trump-pot/

May 6: President Donald Trump took on the topic of medical marijuana for the first time since he took office in November, and it appears he's kind of in favor of it.
https://mashable.com/2017/05/06/trump-medical-marijuana/#7LfCTeWFbsqp

September 14: In October of 2009, the Obama Administration sent a memo to federal prosecutors encouraging them not to prosecute people who distribute marijuana for medical purposes in accordance with state law.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx

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December 6: California Proposes Special Marijuana Bank to Confront Compliance Concerns
 https://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/12/06/california-proposes-special-marijuana-bank-to-confront-compliance-concerns/

December 15: Bitcoin offers the cannabis industry an alternative to banks
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/15/bitcoin-offers-the-cannabis-industry-an-alternative-to-banks.html

December 22: Trump takes interest in American's Bali prison ordeal over medical marijuana
 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/22/trump-interested-in-americans-bali-prison-ordeal-over-medical-marijuana.html

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January 2: How a Maryland bank is quietly solving the marijuana industry’s cash problem

Most banks refuse to open accounts for cannabis-related businesses even in states where pot is legal, citing federal laws that outlaw the drug and consider it on par with cocaine and heroin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/how-a-maryland-bank-is-quietly-solving-the-marijuana-industrys-cash-problem/2018/01/02/a6317088-e0ec-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?utm_term=.e5ac6d0062e6

January 2: More Banks Are Welcoming Marijuana Businesses, Federal Data Shows
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/01/02/more-banks-welcome-marijuana-businesses-federal-data-shows/#6790090f7a64

January 4: Sessions Set To End Noninterference Policy On Marijuana In Break With Trump Campaign Promises ...

Trump, who says he has never used marijuana or other drugs but personally knows people who benefit from medical cannabis, repeatedly pledged during the course of the presidential election that he would respect state legalization laws.
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“I wouldn’t interfere because I think that really is a local issue. When you look at what’s happened in Colorado as an example, it’s a local thing,” he told CBS Boston. “I wouldn’t interfere with it. I think that’s something that really is very much up to the local area.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/01/04/sessions-marijuana-move-breaks-trump-campaign-promises/#47cdc60e3c30

January 4: Trump Marijuana Policy Undermines Citizens' Rights
 https://cei.org/content/trump-marijuana-policy-undermines-citizens-rights

January 4: Cannabis stocks plunged on Thursday when Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy that helped states legalize marijuana with little to no law enforcement interference by the federal government, according to multiple reports. Stocks started slumping soon after the Associated Press first reported the rollback.
https://www.axios.com/marijuana-stocks-tumble-after-sessions-rolls-back-weed-policy-1515111055-8f356d31-35eb-436f-9bac-f479ff7f1aca.html
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January 4: Trump administration drops Obama-era easing of marijuana prosecutions

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude to pursue criminal charges.

The action by Attorney General Jeff Sessions could have damaging consequences for the burgeoning marijuana industry in the six states including California and Colorado that have legalized the drug for recreational use, plus dozens of others that permit medicinal use.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-marijuana/trump-administration-drops-obama-era-easing-of-marijuana-prosecutions-idUSKBN1ET1MU

January 5: The Trump administration’s new war on marijuana, explained
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/4/16849866/marijuana-legalization-trump-sessions-cole-memo

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January 5: Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverse on enforcing marijuana laws? No ... the Justice Department announced the policy shift.

In the words of the department’s press release, there would be "a return to the rule of law and the rescission of previous guidance documents." Federal prosecutors were free to enforce federal law according to rules that had been in place for decades.

... looking at Sessions’ public statements, every legal scholar we reached told us the same thing: Sessions never promised to keep the Obama-era guidelines in place.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jan/05/jeff-sessions/did-attorney-general-sessions-reverse-course-enfor/

January 5: Is This the End of Legal Medical Marijuana, Too? ... Jeff Sessions changed an Obama-era policy on cannabis, and it could affect medical use.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/sessions-medical-marijuana/549719/

January 5: Trump administration angers vulnerable Republicans with marijuana crackdown
https://www.thecannabist.co/2018/01/05/trump-marijuana-crackdown-republicans/96060/

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January 7: The growing divide between California and President Trump erupted this week, over marijuana, immigration, taxes and the environment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/us/california-sanctuary-marijuana.html

January 8: How Congress could block Trump, Sessions on marijuana prosecutions
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/congressional/trump-sessions-marijuana-prosecutions-how-congress-could-push-back-20180108.html

January 9: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has sent a letter to President Trump asking him to preserve the state’s existing medical marijuana laws.
http://wgno.com/2018/01/09/gov-edwards-asks-president-trump-to-protect-state-medical-marijuana-law/

January 11: Some Trump Voters Let Down by Move Against Marijuana
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-voters-marijuana/4202968.html

January 11: ... one thing insiders agree on is the move will make it more difficult for cannabis companies to find and secure banking relationships, without which businesses are left with a ton of cash on hand.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/11/banking-restrictions-on-the-pot-industry-may-benefit-security-business.html

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January 18: Donald Trump in 2016: 'Let the States Work it Out' on Marijuana Policy ... The remarks stand in contrast with actions his Justice Department has taken, namely ending Obama-era policy of suspending federal prosecutions in states where pot is legal.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/donald-trump-in-2016-let-the-states-work-it-out-on-marijuana-policy/article/2011193

January 23: States Ask Congress to Allow Cannabis Access to Banks ... Legal marijuana is a multi-billion industry, with nearly every transaction done in cash.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/307848

January 26: Trump says America open for business. Marijuana industry asks “What about us?"
 http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article196969334.html

February 6: The Trump administration's top fiscal official appeared to voice support for letting marijuana businesses store their profits in banks.
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"I assure you that we don't want bags of cash," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified on Tuesday during an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee. "We want to make sure that we can collect our necessary taxes and other things."

Mnuchin, in a series of responses to questions from lawmakers who raised concerns about the public safety implications of preventing cannabis businesses from accessing banks and forcing them to operate on an all-cash basis, said the Treasury Department is currently considering how to deal with the issue.
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/02/06/trump-treasury-secretary-wants-marijuana-money-in-banks/

February 9: Trump Stops Israel From Exporting Medical Marijuana, Putting Future of $1 Billion Industry in Doubt
 http://www.newsweek.com/trump-stops-israel-exporting-medical-marijuana-putting-future-1bn-industry-801902

February 9: Sessions’ war on pot could speed up marijuana legalization nationwide ... How the Trump administration intends to treat states that have legalized pot
 https://www.salon.com/2018/02/09/sessions-war-on-pot-could-speed-up-marijuana-legalization-nationwide_partner/

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February 12: Jeff Sessions Slams GOP Senator Over Marijuana

[Republican] Sen. Cory Gardner ... since last month has singlehandedly prevented the Trump administration's Justice Department nominees from being confirmed in protest of Sessions's decision to revoke Obama-era guidance that has generally allowed states to implement their own marijuana laws without federal interference.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/02/12/jeff-sessions-slams-gop-senator-over-marijuana/#2fad40617995

October: When Former Speaker of the House John Boehner was in office, he was a staunch opponent of cannabis legalization.

So it shocked many on Capitol Hill when he announced he was joining the board of one of America’s largest cannabis firms.

Today, Speaker Boehner is one of the leading experts regarding our country’s most controversial, most misunderstood and, what’s quickly becoming, our most lucrative industry.
https://americascashcrop.com/?primary_xcode=X307UA39&src=cnn&src2=url1
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October 19: Donald Trump Is Making Canada Great Again

For an administration that came into power on an “America First” agenda, railed against international trade deals for being unfair to the United States, and promised to create new jobs here at home, its current stance on marijuana policy could not be any more counter to their stated goals. If anything, the Trump Administration’s current stance on the cannabis industry can only be described as “Canada First.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2018/10/19/donald-trump-is-making-canada-great-again/

December 6: Marijuana's Ten Biggest Victories Of 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/12/06/marijuanas-ten-biggest-victories-of-2018/#405b18c232df

December 11: Trump Threatens Government Shutdown, Raising Concern For Legal Marijuana Industry

President Donald Trump is threatening to shut down the government if Democrats refuse billions of dollars in funding for a border wall—but the consequences of that action would extend far beyond border security.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/trump-threatens-government-shutdown-raising-concern-for-legal-marijuana-industry/

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