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DEA Report: Federal Cannabis Arrests Drop Again.

Cannabis Law Report

While there were still 2,576 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) marijuana arrests in fiscal year 2020, cannabis busts have dropped an average of 11 percent each year since 2010, when DEA made 8,215 such arrests.

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DEA finally ends fed monopoly on schwaggy research-grade cannabis

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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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According To DEA Data Do You Know Which State Grows The Most Illegal Cannabis ?

Cannabis Law Report

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …… According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal. The DEA confiscated over 1.8 Across the United States, the DEA seized 2.82 million plants in 2017.

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New Hemp Testing Guidelines Make Meeting 0.3% THC Limit Difficult

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Another potential headache for farmers is that analytical laboratories must be registered with the DEA in order to perform compliance testing. No existing cannabis labs are registered with the DEA because they handle a schedule 1 substance, which violates federal law. and seize all the testing samples.

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Husch Blackwell Launches Psychedelics and Emerging Therapies Practice Group

Cannabis Law Report

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on clinical trials, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) licensing, material transfer agreements and cooperative research and development agreements (CRDA). Since 2010, Steve’s major focus has been on the burgeoning cannabis industry, where he guides clients through the tangle of. Steve Levine.

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Scientists Think the Synthetic Cannabinoids in Sativex Can Beat Brain Cancer

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Sativex (sold as nabiximols or Epidiolex in the United States) is manufactured by British company GW Pharmaceuticals, which received full federal approval in its home country for the drug back in 2010 for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. For years, such studies were largely blocked by prohibition-committed government entities. .

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How long will delta-8 remain legal?

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“But my contacts at the American Herbal Products Association, as well as the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and the American Western Hemp Professionals, and the U.S. Anecdotally, we understand that the DEA is actively monitoring the proliferation of delta-8 THC products.”. He has covered the legal cannabis industry since 2010.