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. The federal bid ( which comes up every 5 years ) to cultivate cannabis for federal research and drug trials is supposed to be a competitive one.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Cultivation Costs for Homegrowers. Indoor cannabis cultivation allows an average of four harvests each year instead of one. However, indoor cultivation is generally more expensive. Those three million home growers are expected to cultivate approximately 11 million pounds of dried cannabis in 2022.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 11, 2021

The annual DEA report also shows that federal law enforcement officers made nearly 5,000 cannabis-related arrests in 2020, a year wracked by the social and economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the data published in the DEA’s yearly Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, approximately 4.54

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SpeedWeed

MAY 18, 2021

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly made an announcement that’s expected to have a profound and long-lasting impact on cannabis research and development in the United States. For years, NIDA and the DEA have promised to open up the sourcing of federally-approved research cannabis. DEA finally relents.

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The Blunt Truth

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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WeedAdvisor

AUGUST 28, 2019

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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CannaMD

JULY 19, 2020

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. But despite all the DEA’s seizing and destroying, it’s clear that the average U.S. That’s what DEA data indicates, at least — especially when looked at closely.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

In August 2016, the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced in the US Federal Register that the agency was “adopting a new policy that is designed to increase the number of entities registered under the Controlled Substances Act to grow (manufacture) marijuana to supply legitimate researchers in the United States.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. . million cultivated cannabis plants last year – a 20 percent increase over 2020’s totals. Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5

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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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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

This USDA study , figure 2, page 4, shows states reporting nearly 30,000 total hemp acres “licensed or approved” for cultivation in 2017. It doesn’t appear that much of this was greenhouse acreage, and I presume it includes hemp cultivated for all uses. Bad policy and the new cannabinoids markets It always starts with policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Alderman Bret Narayan (D)—whose cannabis legislation to end the local criminalization of adults over cannabis possession and cultivation was signed into law by Mayor Tishaura Jones (D) last week —took a question about psychedelics policy from Marijuana Moment during an interview on St. Louis Public Radio on Monday.

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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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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.” Only one supplier, the University of Mississippi , has been given the go-ahead to cultivate cannabis for research purposes. .

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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. It prohibits cannabis possession, use, purchase, sale, or cultivation, whether for recreation or medical purposes. states and the District of Columbia currently have legal cannabis, medical or recreational.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 19, 2022

But times are changing, and leaders are now calling for revamped policies on psilocybin, hemp, and cannabis research for varying reasons. In February 2021, a lawsuit was filed against the DEA for prohibiting access for others aside from the University of Mississippi to cultivate cannabis for research purposes.

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SMPL

MAY 6, 2020

According to the OLC’s interpretation of the UN treaty, only one federal government entity may handle drugs cultivated for research purposes. The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) manages the University of Mississippi program while Obama’s plan would run through the DEA.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Right now, scientists are limited to studying low quality products grown by an even more limited list of cultivators. . Further, the DEA hasn’t exactly been helping matters, in fact, they may even be making things worse. . The DEA has thwarted research by refusing to process and approve any additional cannabis manufacturers.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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. Psilocybin remains a Schedule 1 drug, meaning the DEA says it has a high likelihood of abuse and no accepted medical use – just like marijuana.

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NewsMunchies

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As of this writing, cannabis remains a prohibited Schedule 1 drug, defined by the DEA as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” . If successful, the new state law would allow anyone 21 and over to buy, consume, possess or cultivate marijuana for any reason.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Accordingly, the USDA held that the DEA “no longer has authority to require hemp seed permits for import purposes.”. According to the Montana senator, the DEA was blocking Montana farmers from importing hemp seeds. The agency further explained that the statement aimed to provide assistance to U.S.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 7, 2021

Black market cannabis cultivation is a serious issue for California, where high taxes and limited access to legal weed are making it hard for legal businesses to compete with illicit sales. In recent years, the US Drug Enforcement Agency has been collaborating with California law enforcement to raid illegal growers all across the state.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 28, 2021

MAPS has been trying to get approved for a cultivation license for almost 20 years and filed a lawsuit in December 2020 against the DEA. In the lawsuit, MAPS stated the DEA has failed to process more than 30 outstanding license applications for over 4 years despite administrative guidance.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Medical cannabis cultivators who currently operate in the State of Connecticut could apply for a recreational license as early as this summer. However, it’s important to note that — according to the Marijuana Policy Project — each applicant would be required to pay a fee of $3 million. Legal Cannabis Business Framework .

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2022

Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time. MAPS hired Sylvia Thyssen as our first employee , celebrated the 50th anniversary of LSD , outlined perspectives on drug policy , and worked toward facilitating a pilot study for medical marijuana. Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 8, 2021

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ruled that Delta-8 THC, a cannabinoid that occurs naturally and can also be processed from CBD, is a controlled substance not protected by the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp agriculture and products derived from the crop. Last year, the U.S. But I think it’s possible.”.

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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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SpeedWeed

MARCH 5, 2021

Having spent more than 25 years studying cannabis policy and scheduling, I take issue with this interpretation. Two, they are federally classified by DEA and HHS as Schedule II, III, IV or V substances. Authors Tracy Gallegos and Neville M. Rescheduling cannabis will not necessarily facilitate clinical research.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

As we wrote back in early 2019, the prohibition on interference ONLY applied to hemp cultivated under the 2018 Farm Bill. 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.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The enforcement role moves from DEA to ATF. When it comes to enforcing federal cannabis regulations, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) is out and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) is in (in addition to TTB as the primary overseer). ” SBA fairness.

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Nature's Way Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The bill will also allow medical schools, practitioners, research institutions, and manufacturers with a Schedule I registration the ability to cultivate their own cannabis for research purposes. The DEA would be mandated to approve applications for manufacturers to produce marijuana-derived, FDA-approved drugs.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2019

If successful, these rule changes would allow hemp to be grown within four miles of marijuana cultivation, and remove the requirement that hemp farmers get permission from the DEA before importing hemp seeds. One open issue is how to pay for the hemp-licensing program that is compliant with the 2018 Farm Bill.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 28, 2021

The change in policy by the Colombian government could double our addressable market from Colombia, a region where Clever Leaves has made a substantial capacity investment but where we have been limited in only selling processed or extracted products up to this point in time,” Clever Leaves CEO Kyle Detwiler said in a press release.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

Filburn where the court held that Congress may regulate the intrastate cultivation of wheat because that activity in the aggregate would impose substantial effects on interstate commerce. In 1996, California passed the Compassionate Use Act that allowed its citizens to cultivate and use cannabis for medical purposes. In Gonzalez v.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 8, 2021

First of all, decriminalization and legalization mean two very different things to law enforcement — and the DEA — who will still likely arrest someone if they’re caught moving pounds of weed in a decriminalized landscape. “At the federal level, you call it ‘decriminalization’ because that lets the states legalize,” he followed up. .

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