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DEA Finally Agrees to Expand Marijuana Research Amid Pressure from Lawsuit

WeedAdvisor

The applications were submitted as far back as 2016. Despite a 90-day deadline for review, the DEA ignored this cut-off and simply sat on the applications for three years. This likely would have been longer, but the DEA had not anticipated a legal threat to force some action. Dozens of Applications”. .

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NORML “Senate Unanimously Approves Legislation Providing US Attorney General with Greater Say in Cannabis Research Decisions”

Cannabis Law Report

Under this proposal, the AG is also provided with the ability to authorize increases in the total number of federally approved marijuana cultivators. The Attorney General is provided with a 60-day timeline to either affirm or reject applicants for licensure. BILLS-117s253es. Senate members in 2020 passed a similar version of S.

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According To DEA Data Do You Know Which State Grows The Most Illegal Cannabis ?

Cannabis Law Report

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 Across the United States, the DEA seized 2.82 million plants in 2017.

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Hemp CBD Across State Lines: North Carolina

Canna Law Blog

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. The law was modified in 2016 in House Bill 992. producers and consumers.'”

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Consultancy, SIVA say they have “exclusively” been awarded the federal contract to oversee and direct the rescheduling of cannabis at the federal level

Cannabis Law Report

The following are highlights of this historic agreement: SIVA will exclusively handle the rewrite of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), with limited involvement allowed from the different federal agencies, including the FDA, DEA, etc. And in 2016 he comes in at 3:22 on this video. Their erstwhile leader is to be found on Linked in.

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40 Incredible Marijuana Statistics

The Herb Collective

Here are 40 unbelievable statistics on marijuana: Marijuana Cultivation 1. According to Trend Statistics, there are over 2,604,079 medical marijuana patients in 2016, with 19.8 "Every year, about 98% of all of the grass removed by the DEA's "Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program" is really hemp."

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Cannabis Industry Leaders Speak With CLR on Current Delta 8 Issues In The Industry

Cannabis Law Report

In 1996, California legalized medical cannabis yet today, with 37 US States allowing for medical cannabis sales, we still do not have an overall comprehensive cannabis/cannabinoid education program. Consumers, regulators, and legislators remain in the dark on cannabis. CO’s MED has just banned the sale of Delta 8 in rec retail.