The Blunt Truth

APRIL 2, 2020

DEA GUIDANCE. Scientists at the Scottsdale Research Institute have filed suit against the agency, claiming that the DEA has changed its interpretation of federal statutes and treaty obligations, without detailing how it arrived at its new view of the law. So now Idaho stands alone as the only state where no form of cannabis is legal.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 4, 2021

In the 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment , which was released by the DEA on Wednesday, the agency notes that despite its continued illegality under federal law, marijuana “is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.”. The DEA explains that in 2019, U.S. million kilograms were seized,” the DEA reports.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For our coverage of Oregon’s Measure 109, see: Oregon 2020 Election: Vote Yes! On the other side of the country our nation’s capital has its own ballot initiative on psychedelics, Initiative 81, formally known as the Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020. on Measure 109. appeared first on Harris Bricken.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2021

Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”). Any and all communications in 2020 to or from the CBP, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or State or local law enforcement that deal with or address the interception, destruction, or seizure of ayahuasca in year 2020. Customs Border Patrol (“CBP”) and U.S. Department of Justice, U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, agents and their partners confiscated approximately 5.53 million cultivated cannabis plants last year – a 20 percent increase over 2020’s totals. million plants via its domestic eradication program.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2022

Indeed, the DEA reports that it is “aggressively striving to halt the spread of cannabis cultivation in the United States,” including through its Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP), which began funding eradication programs in 1979 and has approximately 126 state and local law enforcement agency participants.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2022

Indeed, the DEA reports that it is “aggressively striving to halt the spread of cannabis cultivation in the United States,” including through its Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP), which began funding eradication programs in 1979 and has approximately 126 state and local law enforcement agency participants.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 10, 2020

Manufacturers are responsible for certifying records, including all product data, which includes, for example, information on formulation, labeling, and DEA Schedule. On January 13, 2020, the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Rep. CBD Class Action Litigation. Collin Peterson (MN 7th District), introduced H.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a petition for review of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) response to an attorney’s letter seeking advice and guidance on how a physician could administer psilocybin to a terminally ill patient without incurring liability under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). By Allison Campbell.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2021

Pennington, who focuses on federal appeals and regulatory issues, is co-counsel on several high-profile cases against the DEA regarding cannabis research, hemp, and psychedelics. Circuit), a pending petition for review of DEA’s August 2020 Interim Final Rule purportedly implementing the 2018 Farm Bill’s amendments to the CSA.

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Veriheal

JULY 29, 2021

Office of National Drug Control Policy defined that the medal “seemed to directly undercut our messages to young people that drug use undermines a child’s opportunities for success.” Fast forward to 2019 and the DEA unveiled eagerly anticipated plans for cannabis research. In late 2020, the new regulations were finalized.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

It also filed a request for a religious exemption with the DEA a month later. ” It filed a protest against the IRS determination on its 501(c)(3) status on July 13, 2020, and was later denied on Sept. “Plaintiff’s activities are illegal under federal law and violate public policy,” the IRS stated in its defense.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Oregon’s Psilocybin Services Act (“PSA”), adopted via initiative in November 2020, makes therapeutic use of psilocybin legal under Oregon state law. This is a policy where the federal government, the DEA, will refrain from taking prosecutorial action if state law permits, regulates, and carefully controls the use of a drug.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. Nebraska legislators pushed an initiative to establish a regulated framework for the cultivation and distribution of medical cannabis on the state’s 2020 ballot.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

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. A major achievement of the 2018 Farm Bill was that it cleared the way for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer policies to hemp farmers.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

In 2020, Oregon became the first locale to decriminalize psilocybin and legalize it for therapeutic use on a statewide basis. 8] Spravato is derived from ketamine and categorized by DEA as a Schedule III controlled substance. DEA and the Controlled Substances Act. 20, 2020), [link]. [8] Davis et al.,

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2021

2020, asking the court to void its contract with Pure Valley after it was hit with a $9-million bill. This led to a backlog of hemp from 2019 that was carried over to 2020, which was compounded by the effects of the global pandemic. CBD processor, finding the farm didn’t show Ky. was the appropriate venue for its claims.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

History was made in June, when the state of Illinois legalized cannabis as of January 1, 2020. In October, Senator Mitch McConnell directed the DEA to figure out how to distinguish hemp from marijuana. Several northeastern states tried to coordinate their marijuana policies. Which brings us to the festive month of December.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2021

In 2020, several more FDA Warning Letters were issued for CBD products illegally marketed for pets. In the December 22, 2020 News Release of Warning Letters for CBD, Dr. How are CBD and other hemp-containing pet products being marketed today?

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

This campaign was backed by New Approach PAC, a nationwide political organization that is focused on supporting progressive reform surrounding cannabis and criminal justice policies. So much, in fact, that it actually gained the attention of the DEA , which recently called for an increase in psychedelic production for research purposes.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Let’s start in the northeast, where the governors of four states (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania) met to discuss coordinating their states’ cannabis policies. Circuit Court refuse to involve itself in the company’s fight with the DEA over cannabis research licenses.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

vs. Q4 2020. vs. Fiscal 2020. Revenues : Net revenue of $148 million in Q4 2021 was an increase of 38% versus Q4 2020. Total net cannabis revenue of $101 million in Q4 2021 and $379 million in FY 2021, represented an increase of 27% and 28% over Q4 2020 and the prior year, respectively. 2,800) bps. Net revenue.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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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NORML

APRIL 8, 2020

As a result, the DEA has been encouraged for over a decade to expand the pool of federally licensed cannabis producers — a move that the agency has largely resisted. In 2016, the agency appeared to reconsider its longstanding policy, and publicly stated for the first time that it would consider additional applicants.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

In The Weeds welcomes the new year, as well as a number of new cannabis laws and policies taking effect around the country in 2022. The now-finalized rules originate from a 2020 voter-approved initiative, subsequently approved by the governor and finally implemented by legislative panel. Montana: As of Jan.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

DEA increases the cannabis research quota. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced annual quotas for the manufacture of controlled substances for research purposes, providing for 7,000 pounds of cannabis to be used in scientific studies. Battle heating up over Florida ballot initiative to legalize cannabis for adult use.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

In summary, until states had hemp plans approved and hemp was cultivated under those plans, which essentially did not happen until 2020, transporters really had no additional protections than they had previously. laws, regulations, and policies everywhere they go.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 25, 2022

The court also considered Boyd Street’s counterarguments that (1) DEA has interpreted the 2018 Farm Bill as inapplicable to delta-8 THC due to its method of manufacture and (2) Congress never intended for the Act to legalize any psychoactive substance. as opposed to delta-8 THC or total THC (i.e., The Implications.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

649, 654 (2020). 2 × 2. Show More According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Schedule I drugs have “no currently accepted medical use in the United States, a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision, and a high potential for abuse.” Divito & Robert F. Johnson & Roland R. 21 × 21.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

For the USDA, it seems that lawmakers have heard the backlash against the USDA’s testing requirements including the need to test for total THC at DEA-certified labs. 2020 is likely going to be another big year for cannabis, especially at the federal level. Remember, federal agencies only exist because of federal lawmakers.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Some states have regulated Hemp CBD despite the FDA’s slow movement, others are locked into the FDA’s policy, banning Hemp CBD in foods and dietary supplements. A positive statement like this from Dr. Hahn, made directly to the NASDA is likely to have ripple effects on enforcement policies across the state. Conclusion.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has, in a proposed rule, indirectly classified delta-8 THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, which would make it federally illegal. Additionally, in August 2020, the DEA released an Interim Final Rule (IFR) , a document meant to update and confirm the differences between hemp and cannabis.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

MORE DETAILS: According to the Department of Health Emergency Order issued March 16, 2020 by State Surgeon General, Dr. Scott A. To learn more about telehealth appointments and CannaMD ‘s COVID-19 safety measures, see: Coronavirus Policies. The Florida Highway Patrol Policy Manual outlines these rights.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This stems from the fact that despite the ongoing legalization of both recreational and medical marijuana at the state level, cannabis is still classified as a Schedule I substance by the DEA, along with substances such as heroin, cocaine, opioids and methamphetamine.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 7, 2020

Ole Miss got the cannabis study and research cultivation gig from the DEA (via a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)) in 1968. In 2016, the DEA finally shifted to different treatment around expanded research efforts into cannabis beyond Ole Miss.

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