NORML

JANUARY 13, 2020

.” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. Now more than ever, congressional action is required to end the failed criminalization of marijuana and amend federal law to ensure that state-legal cannabis programs can operate as intended.

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MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) got a slap on the wrist from a federal watchdog agency over its management of a multi-million dollar marijuana eradication program. And that lapse could prevent the agency from being able to accurately assess “program performance.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 24, 2020

The USA’s Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Justice have published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding scientific and medical research on marijuana. Last September, it indicated it would “facilitate and expand” scientific and medical marijuana research and last week saw another tentative step in that direction.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice announced action to further expand opportunities for scientific and medical research on marijuana in the United States. This proposed rule will result in additional registered growers and a larger, more diverse variety of marijuana available for research.

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WeedAdvisor

AUGUST 28, 2019

A standoff between marijuana researchers and federal drug enforcement may finally have turned in the scientists’ favour. As we reported earlier , marijuana experts were frustrated over the poor quality of cannabis grown at the government’s only legal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. million marijuana plants and conducted more than 6,600 marijuana related arrests. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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NORML

JANUARY 15, 2020

This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee have debated issues specific to marijuana policy reform. Eleven states regulate the adult use of marijuana and 33 states provide for medical cannabis access. Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 26, 2019

DEA Announces Steps Necessary to Improve Access to Marijuana Research. The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that it is moving forward to facilitate and expand scientific and medical research for marijuana in the United States. Office of Public Affairs. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Monday, August 26, 2019.

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CannaMD

JULY 19, 2020

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) made far fewer cannabis-related arrests in 2019 than in previous years. Let’s take a closer look at what DEA data reveals. Per the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCESP) , a whopping 4,003,194 cannabis plants were seized and destroyed in 2019. Find Out if You Qualify.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 11, 2021

million marijuana plants in 2020, a figure that is up nearly 20% over 2019. The annual DEA report also shows that federal law enforcement officers made nearly 5,000 cannabis-related arrests in 2020, a year wracked by the social and economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. Data recently released by the U.S.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MARCH 29, 2019

But now, a few months after Congress placed the marijuana look-alike squarely in safe legal territory, the hemp industry has been unsettled by an unexpected development. Marijuana, illegal under federal law , has enough THC to get users high. Hemp has almost none — 0.3 percent or less under U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Accordingly, the USDA held that the DEA “no longer has authority to require hemp seed permits for import purposes.”. According to the Montana senator, the DEA was blocking Montana farmers from importing hemp seeds. The agency further explained that the statement aimed to provide assistance to U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 30, 2022

The action represents one of the very few occasions that members of the Senate have ever advanced a marijuana-related reform bill. Under this proposal, the AG is also provided with the ability to authorize increases in the total number of federally approved marijuana cultivators. BILLS-117s253es. The full text of S.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. South Dakota is issuing a lot of medical marijuana cards. SOUTH DAKOTA Has South Dakota’s medical cannabis program been too successful? Proposed rules for the program could be introduced in the legislature later this year.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 10, 2021

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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Freedom Leaf

OCTOBER 15, 2018

On September 28, the DEA designated Epidiolex —a plant-based CBD pharmaceutical manufactured by the UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals—a Schedule V drug in the government’s list of controlled substances. schedules were created by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970 and are interpreted and enforced by the DEA. More CBD Coverage.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot in Nebraska. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. And speaking of CBD, Seyfarth has a program coming up on that topic. There’s now CBD for elephants.

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CannaMD

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Funding of Marijuana Research. research on marijuana harms – such as cannabis withdrawal, treatments for substance abuse and use/exposure during pregnancy or infancy – received 20 times more funding than research on cannabis therapeutics. In Canada, recreational marijuana use was legalized in October 2018. stance on marijuana.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 30, 2020

If you answered yes to these two questions, then the DEA might have the job for you. The DEA is seeking a contractor that has the ability to destroy illegal drugs without leaving detectable levels behind. What about the option of donating the confiscated cannabis to a veteran program to be utilized in making RSO?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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 million marijuana plants in the state last year. million plants in 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. . Law enforcement also reported making 6,606 marijuana-related arrests, a 25 percent increase over the prior year’s totals (when agents reported 4,992 arrests).

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CannaMD

MAY 6, 2020

However, given rapidly evolving – and often complicated – laws surrounding medical marijuana, many patients feel overwhelmed. Is it okay to use legally purchased medical marijuana in states where it’s not legal? Can you use your medical marijuana card in different states? States where recreational marijuana is legal.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The hemp industry is up in arms over the USDA’s interim rules establishing a domestic hemp program. Most of us in the hemp industry are well-aware of the major issues in the interim rules: 15-day pre-harvest testing requirements, total THC, DEA laboratories, and crop insurance to name a few. 3% Total THC.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Despite the federal illegality of cannabis, lawmakers and state representatives have implemented successful medical and recreational cannabis programs across the nation. As of July 2022, 38 states in America have legalized medical cannabis, and 19 states and the District of Columbia have established recreational cannabis programs.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. And finally, a cautionary tale about sheep and marijuana. There’s been a lot of chatter in the cannabis press about how groundbreaking this is, and how legal financial services for marijuana businesses are coming soon.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The DEA faces a lawsuit over their hemp rule. Plaintiffs dropped a suit over Illinois’ marijuana licensing. The USDA’s relief aid program opens to hemp growers. dea regulations.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 7, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. And there’s an issue with marijuana research. Finally, we look at New Zealand’s move to legalize marijuana. Which brings us back to the Bay State, the source of so much marijuana news. State news.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 29, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. A researcher filed suit against the DEA, claiming the cannabis she was required to use in her work was “sub-par.” In Utah, the state-run medical marijuana system may be on its way out.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

Hemp growers and processors are required to register annually with DATCP as part of the state’s Hemp Research Program, which will continue through the 2021 growing season. “There’s been some constant change with the federal government, how they’ve taken that program and then states have had to adjust.

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CannaMD

AUGUST 8, 2020

THC is responsible for marijuana’s psychoactive effects. CBD’s also known for its calming, pain-relieving effects – although, it’s important to point out that THC-rich products are more often recommended for severe pain (to learn more, see: Marijuana & Cancer Pain ). Hemp VS. Marijuana. One more difference?

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 5, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Lawmakers wrestled with the issue of capping THC content in medical marijuana for those patients under the age of 21. In Vermont , legislation to establish a marijuana marketplace passed on a second reading in the House.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2022

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. million marijuana plants and conducted more than 6,600 marijuana related arrests. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2022

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. million marijuana plants and conducted more than 6,600 marijuana related arrests. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Indiana Indiana prohibits the possession, use, purchase, sale, or cultivation of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes. Around 12 marijuana-related bills were proposed in the 2021 Legislative Session. Wisconsin Wisconsin has no state medical cannabis program and no licensed medical Marijuana dispensaries.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 1, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. In other federal news, the DEA has, yet again, not approved new suppliers of marijuana for research. And finally, the alcohol industry has decided to join in the marijuana edible business.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2019

Marijuana Moment reports. They cover everything from preventing the Justice Department from interfering in state legal marijuana programs to funding the creation of a regulatory pathway for CBD to be introduced into the food supply to shifting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) funds to substance abuse prevention and education programs.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In the mid-20th century era of “reefer madness,” the mainstream view on cannabis and pregnancy was clear: expecting mothers who used marijuana were considered ‘derelict’ and in some cases criminally negligent for the endangerment of their unborn child. These numbers reflect both non-medical and medicinal marijuana use.

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