Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
In this edition of The 411 on 420, Perkins Coie partner Barak Cohen discusses hemp’s complicated past and promising future with Eric Steenstra, founding member of the Hemp Industries Association, Vice President of the California Hemp Council and President of Vote Hemp, the political advocacy organization that he co-founded in 2000.
Canna Law Blog
AUGUST 25, 2020
The outfit actually began in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) scheduling MDMA, more or less, which happened on an “emergency” basis in 1985 (you can view MAPS’ impressive archive and play-by-play on all of that here ). The drug caught DEA’s attention when recreational use proliferated. Just kidding!
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Canna Law Blog
AUGUST 25, 2020
The outfit actually began in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) scheduling MDMA, more or less, which happened on an “emergency” basis in 1985 (you can view MAPS’ impressive archive and play-by-play on all of that here ). The drug caught DEA’s attention when recreational use proliferated. Just kidding!
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 19, 2021
The organization was in the sights of the Federal Security Directorate of Mexico, which was responsible for alerting the CIA about the movements of the barracks, with this procedure, a conflict arose that ended with the death of “Kiki”, a DEA agent who was kidnapped and tortured for belonging to the investigation.
CannaMD
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Between 2000-2018, United States funding sources invested roughly 20 times more money into exposing marijuana’s harms than exploring its benefits. Making matters worse, there’s only one farm in the entire country with DEA approval to cultivate marijuana for research purposes. The Mississippi Monopoly.
Cannabis Law Report
MARCH 3, 2022
Yet in an exit interview published by Rolling Stone in 2000, Clinton appeared to endorse cannabis reform, saying that he thinks that “most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be.”. He also rejected requests to lift a federal ban on harm reduction policies like syringe exchange programs.
PrestoDoctor
JULY 16, 2019
The DPF changed its name in 2000 when it merged with the Ethan Nadelmann’s Lindesmith Center. The nature of the federal ruling places pressure on the DEA to move quickly; faster than if the CCA were to attempt to reduce the scheduling through other channels such as congress. Zeese had previously directed NORML in the early 80s.
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