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DEA Promises Progress on Federal Cultivation Applications, But Provides No Timetable for Action

NORML

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has once again pledged to take action to better facilitate clinical cannabis research. In 2016, the DEA similarly announced the adoption of new rules to expand to supply of research-grade cannabis, but failed to take any further action.

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Marijuana Mayhem

MJ Business Attorneys

Marijuana industry operators were left unfazed when Jeff Session’s marijuana enforcement memorandum was released in January and the Obama era “Cole Memo” was rescinded, which relaxed the use of federal resources to prosecute marijuana businesses in compliance with state law.

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The Supreme Court Puts a Halt to a Commandeering Congress

MJ Business Attorneys

For starters, this case clarifies that the federal government can neither force the states to enforce federal marijuana policy, nor can they prohibit the states from implementing or revising their own marijuana policies. Murphy holds that state-law repeals are not pre-emptible.

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Cato Institute “Cannabis Banking: A Clash Between Federal and State Laws”

Cannabis Law Report

Although 18 states have fully legalized, cannabis is still a sticky issue for banks and other financial institutions because it remains illegal at the federal level. The cannabis industry might look like just another business for local police, where legal, but the DEA and other federal agencies have a different outlook.

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What CBD Shutdowns Mean and How to Fix the Problem

Cannabis Law Report

Especially after passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which clarifies and affirms that hemp – including hemp-derived cannabinoids are lawful — there is confusion as to why edible CBD products would be the subject of enforcement actions and why state and local health departments would even care in the first place.

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How long will delta-8 remain legal?

SpeedWeed

D-8 is legal federally, and most state laws don’t specifically address it. There’s big enthusiasm [for Delta-8] in the Southeastern states, the Carolinas, the Dakotas, Texas, anywhere…where people can’t get high legally.”. States already closing loopholes. But how long will that last?

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Hemp CBD Across State Lines: North Carolina

Canna Law Blog

The Commission believes this “narrow timeframe” is an “unnecessary obstacle for compliance.” On January 31, 2020, NCDA sent a letter to hemp licensees stating that the future of the state’s hemp program was uncertain due to the decision not to submit a plan to the USDA.

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