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Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications

NORML

” To date, however, the agency has neither affirmed or denied any of the 26 applicants that have sought the DEA’s permission for a federal cultivation license. Read NORML’s new op-ed, “Three years ago the DEA said they would remove roadblocks to cannabis research — they still haven’t, here.).

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DEA Delays Production Of Marijuana Drug As Potential Treatment For MS And Huntington’s Disease

The Fresh Toast

DEA Delays Production Of Marijuana Drug As Potential Treatment For MS And Huntington’s Disease. The DEA application process is being delayed for years for reasons unknown. The post DEA Delays Production Of Marijuana Drug As Potential Treatment For MS And Huntington’s Disease appeared first on The Fresh Toast.

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USA: Dr Suing DEA Over Right To Give Patients Psilocybin Treatment

Cannabis Law Report

The post USA: Dr Suing DEA Over Right To Give Patients Psilocybin Treatment first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. Marijuana Moment reports A Seattle doctor hoping to expand access to psilocybin mushrooms for terminally ill cancer patients is taking… Read More.

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DEA Approves Cocaine Derivative for Parkinson’s Research. Why Not Cannabis?

Veriheal

But recent news of the DEA’s approval of a cocaine derivative for Parkinson’s disease research has left us scratching our heads. After receiving a petition three years prior, the DEA finally answered with action, making plans to deschedule [18F]FP-CIT , a controlled substance derived from cocaine.

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

MJ Business Attorneys

The FDA’s approval of the drug is just one step toward getting Epidiolex on the market and available to doctors to prescribe as a treatment option. Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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Federal Court Dismisses Case to Reschedule Marijuana but Provides a Glimmer of Hope

Cannabis Law Report

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a petition brought by a team of cannabis researchers, scientists, and military veterans to require that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reevaluate marijuana’s status as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The case before the Ninth Circuit, Sidley v.

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

Veriheal

This Act permits individuals that have been diagnosed with life-threatening conditions or diseases that have exhausted all other approved treatment and therapeutic options that are also unable to participate in clinical trials the ability to access certain treatments that would otherwise be unapproved for access.

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