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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. It would transfer primary agency jurisdiction over cannabis from the DEA to the FDA, TTB, and ATF.

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On the 2018 Farm Act: Can I Start Growing Hemp?

MJ Business Attorneys

The language of the Act is strongly rooted in federalist principle, and explicitly designates the states as lead decision-makers regarding the regulation of hemp within that state’s boundaries. If a state was already a part of the pilot program governed by the 2014 Agricultural Act, that is not enough.

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Enforcement or Compliance

Canna Law Blog

The War on Cannabis continues through aggressive state and local enforcement and prohibition measures with no end in sight. This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. This left enforcement to state regulators. Conclusion.

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New Kid on the Block: States Reform Act

Canna Law Blog

In the event a Tribe or State doesn’t develop a plan or the plan is rejected by USDA, then growers will just follow the overall system put together by USDA (these directives are very similar to the standards set out in the 2018 Farm Bill, legalizing hemp). The enforcement role moves from DEA to ATF. Age limits (21).

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Chuck Schumer Just Released the Details of His Long Awaited Federal Weed Legalization Bill

SpeedWeed

Federal law enforcement would no longer be able to bust people for weed-related crimes, unless they were in violation of state law. Legal weed businesses would be able to open bank accounts, access loans, or list on the US stock market. Anyone wishing to comment can send an email to [email protected] by September 1.

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

SMPL

Though ABA specified that it was not taking a position on marijuana legalization generally, it recognized that conflicting federal and state cannabis policies are untenable and have created complications for cannabis businesses operating in compliance with state law.

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Can I Use My Medical Marijuana in States Where It’s Not Legal?

CannaMD

Just like using medical marijuana in residential apartments , traveling with cannabis comes down to federal versus state law. Since federal law supersedes state law, this also means that taking cannabis across state lines (even if both states permit medical marijuana use) is illegal.

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