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Chacruna: Ayahuasca FOIA Requests Reveal Increased Ayahuasca Seizures, Lack of Due Process and Government Secrecy

Cannabis Law Report

The Initiative anticipated a two-part process: first, seeking open records disclosures from the government to understand how it views and handles ayahuasca; and second, pursuing the legal recognition of the CEC as a legitimate ayahuasca church founded in the United States based on indigenous beliefs. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”).

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

This article provides an overview of the current state of legality of common psychedelic substances, and some of the potential therapeutic uses to which psychedelics may be applied. As part of the same state-wide initiative, Oregon legalized the use of psilocybin for medical purposes. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”).

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The Top Cannabis Reform Groups to Follow (and Join)

PrestoDoctor

Since then, NORML’s mission has been to shift the public narrative and legalize cannabis. While cannabis legalization has always been the goal, groups like NORML understand the importance of safe consumption. According to plaintiff José Belén, “the DEA was told to act with ‘great dispatch’ and with ‘all deliberate speed”.

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The Top Cannabis Reform Groups to Follow (and Join)

PrestoDoctor

Since then, NORML’s mission has been to shift the public narrative and legalize cannabis. While cannabis legalization has always been the goal, groups like NORML understand the importance of safe consumption. According to plaintiff José Belén, “the DEA was told to act with ‘great dispatch’ and with ‘all deliberate speed”.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

as a non-profit organization to fulfill the need to broaden psychedelic research, therapy, and develop legal options for psychedelic medicine. Now, we are closer than ever to legalizing MDMA-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though there is still a long road ahead. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,

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Cannabis Trends of 2022

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Modern societies continue to do so at high rates, both in areas where it has been legalized and those where it remains outlawed. More States Favor Cannabis Legalization. The DEA still classifies cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance, a designation reserved for drugs with no medical value and a high potential for abuse.

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Will President Trump's U.S. Attorney General Nominee Barr Marijuana Legalization?

MJ Business Attorneys

Attorney General, and it is unclear whether this nominee will be better or worse than the former Attorney General Jeff Sessions when it comes to the growing cannabis momentum toward federal legality. William Barr, who served as President George H.W.