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Canna Law Blog Cited by U.S. Senators in Letter to the Attorney General

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The Warren-Booker letter , dated October 6, 2021, advocates for DEA to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act— which would decriminalize the plant at the federal level. Warren has written a few of these high-profile letters on cannabis over the years, going back to 2016. That said, relentless advocacy is critical.

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Harris Bricken Are Excited… Their Canna Law Blog Quoted By US Senators In Letter To AG

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The Warren-Booker letter , dated October 6, 2021, advocates for DEA to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act— which would decriminalize the plant at the federal level. Warren has written a few of these high-profile letters on cannabis over the years, going back to 2016. That said, relentless advocacy is critical.

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State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Pushes Florida On Further Cannabis Reform • High Times

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Fried remembers the debate, featuring a then- High Times editor and a DEA agent, marking the first substantive cannabis conversation during her time at school. . Since 2014, the state has made incremental progress, first legalizing CBD oil, then expanding its medical program in 2016.

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Here?s where the 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand on Cannabis

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Political pundits believe that the electoral landscape today differs from 2016. In December 2018, he did sign the Farm Bill with provisions for hemp legalization. Despite Trump’s support of hemp and suggested federalist approach to cannabis legalization, industry experts are still skeptical. During his 16 years in the U.S.

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Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana People: The Medics Series, Part 6

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S. However awkward and dysfunctional, Florida’s current medical cannabis program advanced and operated statewide uneventfully at its 2014 inception and through its massive 2016 overhaul. .

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

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Substances derived from the cannabis plant include marijuana, hemp, and cannabinoids. 6 Despite the changing landscape of marijuana regulations nationwide, past year use of marijuana reached and maintained its lowest levels in more than two decades in 2016 among 8 th and 10 th graders. Call to Action. and 2.3%, respectively.