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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

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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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Ketamine Is Removed from California Decrim Bill

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The California legislation that would decriminalize some psychedelic substances under state law, Senate Bill 519, was approved in a 5-3 vote by the State Assembly’s Public Safety Committee in a June 29th hearing. Decriminalizing psychedelics is one important step in that direction. They write. Read more at.

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The Week in Weed: September 4, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen approved a medical marijuana initiative to appear on the November ballot late last week. Evnen said the measure met all legal requirements, but he expected a legal challenge from cannabis opponents. Assembly Bill 1525 allows cannabis banking under California state law.

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released draft legislation titled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. If implemented, regulatory responsibility of cannabis would be transferred from the U.S. Draft Bill Details.

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Can the Biden Administration Deschedule Cannabis?

Cannabis Law Report

Attorney General, Merrick Garland, initiate proceedings under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to deschedule cannabis. This would, as the letter to Garland says, “decriminalize” marijuana. Currently, the CSA classifies cannabis as a Schedule I substance, alongside substances like heroin and ecstasy. The CSA’s Power.

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Bill Clinton 1992 I Smoked Weed But Didn’t Inhale – 2022 I Said CBD Sounds Good But My Media Team Doesn’t Want To It To Be Public Knowledge

Cannabis Law Report

An article covering Clinton’s on-stage conversation with CNN medical expert Sanjay Gupta at the Impact Forum in Orlando appeared in Cannabis & Tech Today last week, quoting the former president as saying there is some evidence that cannabidiol can help “combat pain.”. — Cannabis & Tech Today (@cannatechtoday) February 24, 2022.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

Canna Law Blog

Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine. The FDA doesn’t have any regulations on point for the control and oversight of ketamine clinics when it comes to infusion therapy and the states don’t really either.

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