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Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications

NORML

A federal court has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to respond to a lawsuit charging the agency with failing to move forward with a 2016 policy to expand the total number of federally licensed marijuana cultivators. On July 29, the Appellate Court ordered to provide a written response to the filing with 30 days.

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California Addresses 90% of Cannabis Cases in Expungement Efforts

NORML

Seven years after California voters passed Proposition 64 in 2016, successfully legalizing marijuana possession, cultivation, and sales, the courts are finally nearly finished relieving all qualifying cannabis cases. The post California Addresses 90% of Cannabis Cases in Expungement Efforts appeared first on NORML.

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DEA Promises Progress on Federal Cultivation Applications, But Provides No Timetable for Action

NORML

According to the agency’s filing today in the Federal Register, the DEA “intends to promulgate regulations” to evaluate several dozen applications before it from private entities that wish to cultivate cannabis for FDA-approved research. However, this is not the first time the agency has made such a promise.

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Part 2: Adult-use legalization effects on medical prices

Illinois News Joint

In Part 1 of this series, we compared and contrasted registered medical cannabis patient’s price per gram for dry flower before and after adult-use legalization, as well as adult-use and medical prices. in March 2016 and, before adult-use legalization, topped out at $83.14 in August 2019, the highest since fall of 2016.

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Hawaii’s New Hemp Regulations Could Deter Cultivators

Veriheal

Hawaii has put forth new regulations surrounding the cultivation of hemp, a class of cannabis plants that contain 0.3% federal government has recognized hemp as a viable crop and taken measures to legalize it, each state has set its own specific laws and compliance measures around the plant. In July 2016 Hawaii Gov. or less THC.

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Italy’s Supreme Court Rules Personal Marijuana Cultivation Legal

The Joint Blog

In a decision that has massive, long-lasting implications Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that growing a small amount of marijuana for personal use is legal. As reported by Reuters, the Court of Cassation decreed that the crime of growing narcotic drugs should exclude “small amounts grown domestically for the exclusive use of the grower”.

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Australian Capital Legalizes Marijuana Possession and Cultivation

WeedAdvisor

Another nation is toying with cannabis legalization, this time far beyond North American or European shores. According to CNN , the Australian capital of Canberra fully legalized possession and cultivation of recreational cannabis after a vote on September 24 th. Future Uncertain. .