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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. She also supported abolishing the Obama administration’s more lenient policies for lower-level drug offenders, according to CBS News.

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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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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. As policies become more data-driven and progressive, cultivation and production technologies have continued to improve drastically over the past several years. More States Favor Cannabis Legalization.

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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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The Top Cannabis Reform Groups to Follow (and Join)

PrestoDoctor

Today, groups with a decade or less of experience advance policy and conversations alongside the veteran alliances of the movement. Since then, NORML’s mission has been to shift the public narrative and legalize cannabis. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA).

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The Top Cannabis Reform Groups to Follow (and Join)

PrestoDoctor

Today, groups with a decade or less of experience advance policy and conversations alongside the veteran alliances of the movement. Since then, NORML’s mission has been to shift the public narrative and legalize cannabis. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA).

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

Both paths are complex processes in which scientific, medical, policy and political forces have influence. At the present time, state medical and recreational legalization have no impact on federal drug control laws. The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana.

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