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New DEA Report Says Border Seizures of Mexican Weed Have Fallen By 80 Percent

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Well, the DEA just released its 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, and the report is full of stats on the United States’ most popular illegal addictions, new trends in intoxicants, and foreign trade — a.k.a. The US sourced 92 percent of its heroin from Mexico in 2019, according to product analyzed by a DEA tracing program.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

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From 2015 to 2018, the number of clinics increased from 60 to 300; that number is undoubtedly higher today. In recent years, the United States has seen a proliferation of ketamine clinics. People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs.

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U.S. Cannabis Legalization Update: Who’s Still Waiting and Who May Legalize

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Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. In 2015, Idaho state legalized CBD with a THC concentration of less than 3%. states and the District of Columbia currently have legal cannabis, medical or recreational.

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Son of Former Pablo Escobar Associate Is South Florida Lawyer Now Lobbying The GOP In DC On Regulated Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

The DEA couldn’t figure out at first why a bunch of rednecks in Cottondale, Florida, had 24-carat gold Rolex watches and were driving Mercedes S500’s, Cobb told Fox News in a recent interview. Brady Cobb estimates that before his dad was finally busted, in 1983, he had pulled in more than $300 million of Escobar’s drug money.

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CBD Chaos in Spain

Sensi Seeds

Some choose to classify it as a novel food item, meaning that it wasn’t in common use prior to May 15, 1997, as authorized under the Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. Irrespective of where the directive came from, policy on CBD has changed. In Spain, CBD can now be sold “for external use only” as a cosmetic cream or balm.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time. MAPS hired Sylvia Thyssen as our first employee , celebrated the 50th anniversary of LSD , outlined perspectives on drug policy , and worked toward facilitating a pilot study for medical marijuana. Lyle Craker, Ph.D., Reddit awarded $82,765.95

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World Wide Weed: Risks and Best Practices for Advertising State Legal Cannabis on the Internet

Cannabis Law Report

8 In January of this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy which had de-prioritized federal prosecution of those involved in the cannabis industry in states which had legalized medical or recreational cannabis. 2551, 2560 (2015). 2:14-CV-00279-LRS, 2015 WL 144417 (E.D. 24 Johnson v. Reimers , No.