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What Could Rescheduling Mean for Medical Cannabis Patients?

Canna Care Docs

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will move to reclassify cannabis — a historic shift that could have wide ripple effects across the country. Understanding current drug scheduling for cannabis The DEA classifies drugs, substances, and certain chemicals used to make drugs into five distinct categories or “schedules.”

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Justice Department Urged To Take “Immediate Action” On Marijuana Grow Applications

NORML

Currently, the sole federally licensed producer of cannabis for clinical research is the University of Mississippi. ” The agency said that the policy change was necessary because the existing system provided “no clear legal pathway for commercial enterprises to produce marijuana for product development.”

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‘The most meaningful cannabis reform in decades’: Experts weigh in on new DEA rules

The Cannigma

For more than 50 years, if you wanted to do cannabis research in the United States, federal law said you had to get the cannabis from the University of Mississippi. We are absolutely ecstatic,” George Hodgin, the CEO of the Castroville, California based Biopharmaceutical Research Co. BRC) told The Cannigma this week.

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Check out ASA's May Newsletter!

Americans for Safe Access

You will also find out how to access the recorded panels from Unity 2021 to catch anything you missed. Information on research steps from NIDA and DEA, House progress on SAFE Banking and other key bills, Developments in Alabama and Mississippi a call to action for veterans and a profile of ASA's 2021 Researcher of the Year, Philippe Lucas.

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FDA Approves CBD-Containing Drug - Will the DEA Finally Step Up?

MJ Business Attorneys

Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. The FDA can make recommendations to the DEA about substances subjected to scheduling under the CSA, but the DEA is the entity with the power to reschedule CBD. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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New U.S. Research Efforts Could Catalyze Medical Cannabis’ Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Veriheal

federal government is granting a handful of American companies the option to cultivate and study cannabis for medical research purposes. Groff North America is proud to be producing research-grade marijuana, so we can continue growing the field of cannabis-based medicine,” reads an official statement from the company’s website.

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DEA Approves MMJ International Holdings THC Shipment for Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease Drug Development

Cannabis Law Report

MMJ International Holdings, the premier medical cannabis research company, announced that it has received DEA approval to ship THC and CBD from Canada. MMJ International Holdings is developing oral drug products from natural whole plant extract derivatives from the marijuana plant containing THC and CBD.

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