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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

Californias Assembly Bill 45, passed in 2021, explicitly states: Industrial hemp does not include cannabinoids produced through chemical synthesis. In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis. federal THC limit.

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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

According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 Separately, from a social point of view, as of 2021, 49% of adults have tried marijuana in the US, which is approximately 162,678,600 Americans. billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article.

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Chacruna: Ayahuasca FOIA Requests Reveal Increased Ayahuasca Seizures, Lack of Due Process and Government Secrecy

Cannabis Law Report

In February 2021, the Church of the Eagle and Condor (“ CEC ”) and the Chacruna Institute joined forces to initiate the Ayahuasca Religious Freedom Initiative (“Initiative”). On March 16, 2021, lawyers for CEC and Chacruna simultaneously filed Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests on U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”).

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Kelley Drye: CBD and Hemp Legal and Regulatory Roundup – July 2021 #1

Cannabis Law Report

Congressional report offers overview of CBD/hemp market, policy challenges. House lawmakers approved spending bills on a wide range of cannabis-related policy issues. THC cap for lawful hemp products and directed USDA to work with HHS and the DEA on a study of whether that threshold is scientifically backed. Marijuana Moment.

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Is The DEA Poised To Regulate Telepharmacy?

Cannabis Law Report

02 December 2021. On November 16, 2021, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking , exploring whether or not to create new federal regulations governing the practice of telepharmacy. Indeed, there are no online pharmacies registered with the DEA. How to Submit Comments to the DEA.

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St. Louis Lawmaker Worries DEA Might Intervene If Local Psychedelics Reform Is Enacted

Cannabis Law Report

tomangell) December 20, 2021. Alderman Bret Narayan (D)—whose cannabis legislation to end the local criminalization of adults over cannabis possession and cultivation was signed into law by Mayor Tishaura Jones (D) last week —took a question about psychedelics policy from Marijuana Moment during an interview on St.

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NORML: DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

Cannabis Law Report

million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. . Federal agents and their local partners also reported seizing of $103 million in assets in 2021 as part of the program — more than double the amount seized in 2020.

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