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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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What is the Difference Between a Cannabis Recommendation and Cannabis Prescription

United Patients Group

Epidiolex, an FDA-approved medication containing CBD (cannabidiol), has been listed as Schedule 5 by the DEA since June 25th, 2019. A cannabis recommendation is an assessment of your medical history and current condition by an appropriate health care professional. or some naturopathic doctors who are licensed in their jurisdiction.

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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. You’ll find his past employment history but nothing about educational background.

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American Bar Association Urges Congress To Let States Set Their Own Marijuana Policies

SMPL

A report attached to the measure provides context on state-level legalization efforts, the history of federal prohibition and the “resulting regulatory quagmire.”. Coincidentally, ABA’s resolution on the topic was approved exactly three years after DEA made that announcement , which the agency still has yet to act on.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”). Some physicians and therapists have argued that the Right to Try Act permits them to administer psilocybin to terminally ill patients (since studies are well past the Phase 1 stage), but the DEA has met this with resistance given psilocybin’s status as a Schedule I drug. AIMS Institute, PLLC.

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The Challenge to Watch: Sisley, et al. v. DEA

Canna Law Blog

Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) to reschedule marijuana. As we all know, the DEA has routinely refused to accept or denied each and every petition, minus one that yielded very specific changes for a synthetic cannabis drug. Per the usual course, the DEA filed a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

To celebrate this, we invite you to take a trip down memory lane and review highlights from every year of our history. Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time. submitted his first DEA application to manufacture marijuana for use in medical research. Lyle Craker, Ph.D., Reddit awarded $82,765.95