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Kettle Falls Five Matriarch Advocates for CJS Medical Marijuana Amendment in DC

Americans for Safe Access

For those unfamiliar with the story, Rhonda and her late husband Larry’s property in Washington State, near the town of Kettle Falls was raided in 2012 by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for growing medical cannabis.

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Federal Marijuana Trafficking Convictions Have Fallen Dramatically Following Enactment of Statewide Legalization Laws

NORML

That’s down 67 percent since 2016, and over 80 percent since 2012 – when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize and regulate the adult-use marijuana market. Just over 1,000 people were sentenced federally in 2020 for violating marijuana trafficking laws.

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DEA Reports Southern Border Pot Busts Down 80% Since 2013

SpeedWeed

In the 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment , which was released by the DEA on Wednesday, the agency notes that despite its continued illegality under federal law, marijuana “is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.”. The DEA explains that in 2019, U.S. million kilograms were seized,” the DEA reports.

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Judge Grants Hearing for Opposition to DEA Proposal to Criminalize 5 More Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

A 28-page DEA report — authored in August of 2021, and based on Department of Health and Human Services reviews of these psychedelics from 2012 — states, “These five tryptamines have no known medical use in the United States and are not marketed internationally as approved drug products. Read full report at.

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According To DEA Data Do You Know Which State Grows The Most Illegal Cannabis ?

Cannabis Law Report

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …… According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal. The DEA confiscated over 1.8 Across the United States, the DEA seized 2.82 million plants in 2017.

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In the Final Days of Their Reg A+ Equity Crowdfunding Campaign, The Good Earth Organics, Inc. CEO Tony Luciano Comments on the Recently Proposed Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

SeedInvest was instrumental in the passage of the 2012 JOBS Act, which changed 80-year-old U.S. SeedInvest is a leading equity crowdfunding platform that provides individual investors with access to vetted startup investment opportunities. securities laws to make it possible for entrepreneurs to raise capital over the Internet.

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Laundered Chinese Money From Banks In Shanghai & Beijing Funding Black Market Grows In California

Cannabis Law Report

Sacramento New & Review have detailed the DEA, FBI and IRS investigations and written a piece well worth reading if you want to understand how difficult it is going to be to dig out the entrenched black sector of cannabis in California. It’s incredibly unique,” DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielson said of Chinese cash flows. “We

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