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DEA Seizes 4M Marijuana Plants, Less Arrests in ’19

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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.

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

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The Right to Try Act or the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act was signed into law on May 30th, 2019, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA refers to this program as the expanded access program on their website. Introducing the Right to Try Act.

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The Week in Weed: August 20, 2019

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A researcher filed suit against the DEA, claiming the cannabis she was required to use in her work was “sub-par.” In other federal news, the DEA confirmed that “hemp plants and cannabidiol (CBD) preparations at or below the 0.3 Who says you can’t fight city hall? He also favors legalizing cannabis.

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The Year in Weed: 2020 Edition

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” Little did I know in December 2019 just how true that would turn out to be. Ideas ranged from legalization on day one (Sanders) to decriminalization and expungement (Bloomberg). Virginia decriminalized marijuana. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objected to including cannabis banking in federal relief programs.

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The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition

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Welcome to The Week in Weed’s look back at the news of 2019; whether the year has flown by or seemed to last forever, it’s (almost) over now. Without further ado, here’s a look at the stories that grabbed our attention in 2019. We predicted (correctly – see below) the Senate’s disinterest here.

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Colorado Could Legalize Psychedelics This November

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The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. This board would be known as the Natural Medicine Advisory Board and would be the entity responsible for recommending new psychedelic substances to be approved for the program. city to do so.

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Senators Call For Report On State Of Psychedelic Research

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7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. In May 2019, Denver became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin, followed by Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., DEA and the Controlled Substances Act.