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Loper Comes for the DEA. Will it Matter, Though?

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Diamondback Investment Group, LLC , handed the DEA a big loss when it comes to hemp – at least for now. In Anderson , the court held that DEA’s interpretation that a host of hemp-derived products were illegal was essentially wrong. Raimondo , a 2024 US Supreme Court decision. A few years ago, in AK Futures LLC v.

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Is It Legal, or Not? What to Make of All These DEA “Position” Letters

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seems happy to respond to public and private parties inquiring about the control status of various substances. DEA answers some of these inquiries more quickly than others, and the response letters are usually short and to the point. What are the legal ramifications of DEA writing these things?”

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It is Legal, or Not? What to Make of All These DEA “Position” Letters

Canna Law Blog

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seems happy to respond to public and private parties inquiring about the control status of various substances. DEA answers some of these inquiries more quickly than others, and the response letters are usually short and to the point. What are the legal ramifications of DEA writing these things?”

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Congress Takes Issue with the (Awful) DEA Hemp Rule

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The hemp industry is not the only one that’s pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s hemp Interim Final Rule (the “ Rule ”). If you read this blog, you’ll recall the hemp industry sued the DEA following the release of its Rule in August 2020. billion by 2024, increasing from $1.2 billion in 2019.

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Intoxicating Hemp Products: The Future Isn’t Bright

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In no particular order, I’ll address a few reasons why the back half of 2024 will be a bad stretch for intoxicating hemp products. Raimondo , a 2024 US Supreme Court decision. That’s because the DEA routinely issues what amount to opinion letters as to whether this or that cannabinoid is or is not a schedule I narcotic.

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Congress Takes Issue with the (Awful) DEA Hemp Rule

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The hemp industry is not the only one that’s pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s hemp Interim Final Rule (the “ Rule ”). If you read this blog, you’ll recall the hemp industry sued the DEA following the release of its Rule in August 2020. billion by 2024, increasing from $1.2 billion in 2019.

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Bad News for Intoxicating Hemp Products

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” As of a few days ago, DEA reiterated this position in response to an inquiry by attorney Shane Pennington, even going so far as to note “cannabis-derived THCA does not meet the definition of hemp under the [Controlled Substances Act] because upon conversion for identification purposes as required by Congress, it is equivalent to [THC].”

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