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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Considers ‘Cannabis Policies for the New Decade’

NORML

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a legislative hearing, “ Cannabis Policies for the New Decade ,” during which they considered multiple legislative bills aimed at amending federal cannabis laws. He continued: “The fact of the matter is that legalization and regulation work.

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F the Treaties: Rescheduling and “Marijuana-Specific Controls”

Canna Law Blog

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) last week to much fanfare. In my very quick analysis after the rule dropped, I flagged DEA’s statement that it may develop “marijuana-specific controls” in conjunction with rescheduling. Marijuana-specific controls in schedule III?

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Congressional Committee to Hold Marijuana Legislative Hearing This Wednesday

NORML

This Wednesday, January 15th, at 10 am EST, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform.

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DEA Finally Agrees to Expand Marijuana Research Amid Pressure from Lawsuit

WeedAdvisor

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. Given the DEA’s stonewalling, forcing their hand is a notable achievement. Dozens of Applications”. .

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NORML: DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

Cannabis Law Report

According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, agents and their partners confiscated approximately 5.53 million plants via its domestic eradication program. Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million plants were confiscated).

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NationalLink Inc. Celebrates 25th Business Anniversary in Providing Complete ATM Solutions and Serving Cannabis Businesses

SpeedWeed

The 163-page Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) aims to remove cannabis from the list of controlled substances; tax and regulate cannabis at the federal level; and grant states the power to keep or administer their own oversight programs. . A federal cannabis sales tax on any products produced in or imported into the U.S.

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Publicly Traded Cannabis Company Plans $500M (!) EB-5 Raise (!!)

Canna Law Blog

Cannabis and business immigration don’t mix. EB-5 program. This begs the question: is it the case that an investment in a cannabis business makes a person an “aider, abettor, conspirator” of trafficking in an illicit substance? The program, known as “EB-5”, is much more complex but for or purposes here that will do.

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