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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. million marijuana plants and conducted more than 6,600 marijuana related arrests.

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. Robert Szyba. Seyfarth Shaw LLP. [co-author: co-author: Sydney Jenkins].

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. By Robert Szyba & Sydney Jenkins. July 18, 2022.

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Cannabis regulations in Indiana

The Cannigma

Medical: No Recreational: No Reciprocity: N/A. Indiana has a long history of restricting cannabis, banning the sale of the plant in 1913 to people without a prescription. It started up again under the 2014 Farm Bill that allowed farms with DEA approval to grow hemp for research and expanded after the 2018 Farm Bill passed.

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Is Cannabis/Hemp Legal in the United States?

Otherside Farms

However, in 2004, there was a lawsuit against the Hemp Industries Association and the DEA. Then in 2014, Obama signed the Farm Bill, which would then allow pilot programs for growing hemp, but it still wasn’t supposed to be used commercially. The program first started in 2014, and there were only 33 acres when it first started.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Not only are more and more jurisdictions decriminalizing the use of psychedelics for recreational purposes, but it appears that psychedelic substances are the new horizon for the treatment of severe psychological disorders and other ailments. Since May 2014, 41 states have enacted Right to Try laws. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”).

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

Cannabis Law Report

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) opposes the recreational use of marijuana. The AAFP recognizes the benefits of intervention and treatment for the recreational use of marijuana, in lieu of incarceration, for all individuals, including youth. Marijuana Possession for Personal Use. Background. Extensive evidence.