Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’ve been representing clients in California’s cannabis industry since 2018. One of the most common mistakes we see in new cannabis markets is businesses that rely too much on federal legalization happening. I say “apparently” because HHS’s letter to DEA is redacted to the point of uselessness.

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WeedAdvisor

JUNE 1, 2019

The court, citing concerns over marijuana’s Schedule I status and its impact on medical users who need it most, essentially issued an ultimatum to the DEA. Like a child who does not want to clean his or her room, the DEA simply refuses to take any major action, despite the whirlwind of reforms surrounding them on a daily basis.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2019

Circuit Court of Appeals that the DEA’s refusal to reschedule cannabis damaged their health and that the federal agency should remove cannabis from Schedule 1. Federal appeals court to DEA: Reconsider marijuana’s Schedule 1 status. Plaintiffs in the case, including medical marijuana patients, told the 2nd U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2020

WASHINGTON – DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced the publication of the 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment, which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. Approximately 192 people died every day from drug poisoning in 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 26, 2019

DEA Announces Steps Necessary to Improve Access to Marijuana Research. The DEA is providing notice of pending applications from entities applying to be registered to manufacture marijuana for researchers. percent delta-9 THC threshold, is not a controlled substance, and a DEA registration is not required to grow or research it.

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Americans for Safe Access

JUNE 6, 2019

In July 2017, four medical cannabis patients joined other advocates in filing a lawsuit against the federal government in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reschedule cannabis, before filing suit. District Court for the Second District of New York. The plaintiffs in the case (originally Washington v.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

JANUARY 12, 2019

As our Los Angeles marijuana patient attorneys can explain, the crux of the argument by plaintiffs of the claim, first filed in 2017, is that the designation ignores the merits of the drug for medicinal purposes. Defendants are acting-Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, the acting director of the DEA and the federal government.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Last week, a LinkedIn post by cannabis economist Beau Whitney caught my eye, because Beau said something pretty amazing. This USDA study , figure 2, page 4, shows states reporting nearly 30,000 total hemp acres “licensed or approved” for cultivation in 2017. Maybe there really were more licensed hemp acres in 2017 than today.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

Personally, Donald Trump does not care about cannabis. As of August 14, 2020, I could only find one tweet from @realDonaldTrump that actually references the cannabis plant: @BillMaher needs to cut back on the pot, and maybe he will stop making offers he can’t afford. There were no mentions of marijuana, hemp, or cannabis.

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Cannabis Cheri

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It is interesting to note that in all the media stories about the JAMA article, there were a multitude of caveats and warning intoned by researchers not to consider cannabis safe just because they found it was. This post was originally published in 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2020

In its performance budget submission to Congress for fiscal year 2021, DEA gave an overview of its enforcement efforts and made predictions about future trends. In its performance budget submission to Congress for fiscal year 2021, DEA gave an overview of its enforcement efforts and made predictions about future trends.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

8] Spravato is derived from ketamine and categorized by DEA as a Schedule III controlled substance. In 2017, FDA granted a request for Breakthrough Therapy designation for MDMA to treat PTSD. DEA and the Controlled Substances Act. Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, DEA classifies drugs into one of five schedules.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

The outfit actually began in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) scheduling MDMA, more or less, which happened on an “emergency” basis in 1985 (you can view MAPS’ impressive archive and play-by-play on all of that here ). The drug caught DEA’s attention when recreational use proliferated. Just kidding!

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

Attorney General, pressing for the end of cannabis prohibition. 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. Government’s ear on cannabis. Readers, we feel heard!

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Mexico represents an important role in the expansion of cannabis around the world, its history is part of a historical, social and economic bed that has transformed each of its events into relevant information at a political-social level. Origin of marijuana in Mexico.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

The outfit actually began in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) scheduling MDMA, more or less, which happened on an “emergency” basis in 1985 (you can view MAPS’ impressive archive and play-by-play on all of that here ). The drug caught DEA’s attention when recreational use proliferated. Just kidding!

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FloridaMarijuana.net

JULY 8, 2018

5 cannabis strains to treat PTSD? Cannabis offers significant therapeutic benefits for a wide range of medical conditions. The study has received full approval from the FDA, DEA, and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). The study began in January 2017 at Scottsdale Research Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.”.

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Cannabis Cheri

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It is interesting to note that in all the media stories about the JAMA article, there were a multitude of caveats and warning intoned by researchers not to consider cannabis safe just because they found it was. This post was originally published in 2017.

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MJ Business Attorneys

MARCH 1, 2018

CannaTech showcases the biggest industry thought leaders, known for their significant and groundbreaking contributions to the global cannabis market in fields such as science, finance, government policy and tech. Mr. Feldmann’s talk is titled, “The United States Federal Government and the Cannabis Industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Okay, we know that NASA’s international space station and other such spacecraft can pick up a heck of a lot of what’s happening here on the third planet from the sun, but an indoor cannabis farm?

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 16, 2021

Another iconic representative of the cannabis community, Charles Edward “Eddy” Lepp , has passed away after a battle with cancer. Army’s military intelligence unit in the Vietnam War from 1969–1972, and shortly after, became a lifelong fighter for cannabis rights. Eddy Lepp: A True Cannabis Crusader.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2022

Attorney General, pressing for the end of cannabis prohibition. 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. Government’s ear on cannabis. Readers, we feel heard!

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Veriheal

JUNE 23, 2022

The legalization of cannabis is opening many doors in states that are embracing it. The lack of effective tools to measure cannabis impairment accurately, in practice, encourages the criminalization of legal cannabis in states where a legal grey area exists. Current Testing for Cannabis Impairment Is Not Precise.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 23, 2020

Cannabis Catalysts write by way of an introduction. “After taking the first steps towards the liberalization of hemp cultivation over the course of the last few years, at the end of 2018 Thailand’s government decided to legalize medical cannabis as the first Southeast Asian country. CC INSIGHTS THAILAND MEDICAL CANNABIS.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

Yesterday, the Washington State Department of Health sounded the alarm over fentanyl overdoses in a news release —and immediately started blaming dispensaries, because cannabis could theoretically be laced with the deadly drug. Buzzfeed called the fentanyl-laced cannabis myth “the hardiest urban legend of the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Cannabis became legal for recreational use in the state on Jan. 1, 2017, following a 2016 ballot measure. Dawn Boothe is a professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology at Auburn University studying cannabis’s potential as a veterinary treatment. That said, the use, sale, and possession of cannabis over 0.3%

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SpeedWeed

JULY 28, 2021

Colombian President Ivan Duque signed a decree on July 23, lifting a prohibition on exporting dried cannabis flower—and investors abroad are taking notice. . Decree 811 of 2021 modifies an earlier law that regulated the commercialization of medical cannabis, Justice Minister Wilson Ruiz said. million sq. A Safer Cash Crop for Colombia.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2022

Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time. submitted his first DEA application to manufacture marijuana for use in medical research. To celebrate this, we invite you to take a trip down memory lane and review highlights from every year of our history. Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,

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MJ Business Attorneys

DECEMBER 11, 2018

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. William Barr, who served as President George H.W.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

FEDERAL TAXATION OF CANNABIS: A PRIMER. The manufacture, distribution, and possession of cannabis is illegal under federal law, which categorizes it as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. states have therefore, in one form or another, defied federal law with respect to cannabis use and distribution in their respective jurisdictions.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Recently, we’ve been getting tons of questions from clients regarding the international import and export of cannabis around the globe. 2018 was a historic year for the cannabis industry not just in the United States, but also internationally. If imported cannabis products are allowed into the U.S., Many countries (e.g.,

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

According to the Feds, ketamine is safer than cannabis (which is a Schedule I controlled substance). The FDA doesn’t have any regulations on point for the control and oversight of ketamine clinics when it comes to infusion therapy and the states don’t really either.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to court documents, from 2017 through November 2019, Joseph Ruis, 56, was the leader of a Southern California-based wholesale spice manufacturing and distribution operation, along with co-defendants and sisters Kimberly Drumm, 52, and Bonnie Turner, 50, of Olive Branch, Mississippi. Postal Inspection Service; and Robert P.

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Cannabis Info

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Cocaine, cannabis and heroin weren’t always illegal. To fight its war on inanimate objects Washington created the Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, and gave it jurisdiction to operate overseas. There are DEA outposts in Bogotá, Kabul, Mexico City, Bangkok and all around the world. criminal justice system.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The legal cannabis business is spreading like weeds. Investments in the cannabis industry are now available as ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) , and marijuana startups are proliferating at every step along the supply chain. businesses that employ them can readily run afoul of the INA’s cannabis prohibitions and penalties.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The legal cannabis business is spreading like weeds. Investments in the cannabis industry are now available as ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) , and marijuana startups are proliferating at every step along the supply chain. businesses that employ them can readily run afoul of the INA’s cannabis prohibitions and penalties.

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