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DEA Gets Served Another Lawsuit for Blocking Cannabis Research

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The filing is backed by MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and calls on the DEA to answer a four-year-old filing requesting approval of his application to become a federally registered marijuana cultivator. Back in 2016, the DEA said they were starting the process of approving “additional marijuana cultivators.”

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

Cannabis Law Report

However, there are indications from studies done with cannabidiol-rich cannabis extracts in Israel that indicate that less side effects (46%) are achieved with a natural cannabis plant extract containing a 20:1 ratio of CBD to THC. The CBD-rich extract group had a lower effective dose on average, 6.1

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Marijuana & Pregnancy: Top Studies

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This stems from the fact that despite the ongoing legalization of both recreational and medical marijuana at the state level, cannabis is still classified as a Schedule I substance by the DEA, along with substances such as heroin, cocaine, opioids and methamphetamine.

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana. But DEA regulators determined after both of those reviews that marijuana should remain a Schedule I substance. 26, 2001 , 115 Stat. cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers , and salts of isomers ; .

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