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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

What’s more, synthesized Delta-9 THC is present in many of these products, despite being prohibited in both California’s cannabis and hemp programs. In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis. “The market crashed.

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy.

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MDMA Failed to Receive FDA Approval: What Happens Next?

Veriheal

Lykos’ application to the FDA cited two late-stage clinical trials (MAPP1, 2021, and MAPP2, 2023) published in Nature Medicine in which approximately 200 participants diagnosed with PTSD were randomly assigned to receive either MDMA or a placebo. This raised concerns about the oversight and ethical safeguards within Lykos’s research program.

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The Week in Weed: September 1, 2023

The Blunt Truth

SOUTH DAKOTA Has South Dakota’s medical cannabis program been too successful? Some lawmakers, concerned that the 12,000 cards issued by the state’s MMJ program is nearly double original projections, are calling for closer monitoring of the process. Proposed rules for the program could be introduced in the legislature later this year.

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The Week in Weed: September 29, 2023

The Blunt Truth

This legislation would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level, require expungement of criminal records and set up grant programs for those most affected by the War on Drugs. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) DEA ACT Another cannabis act was introduced late last week, the Deferring Executive Authority Act (DEA).

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The Week in Weed: December 15, 2023

The Blunt Truth

The DEA sends a letter to Georgia pharmacies. Well, apparently the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) noted that as well, and they didn’t take kindly to it. But wait, isn’t there a provision that prohibits the Department of Justice (of which DEA is a part) from interfering with state legal medical marijuana programs?

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The Year in Weed: 2023 Edition

The Blunt Truth

We thought the market would expand “quite a bit” in 2023 – well, the “a bit” part was right. And not to ruin the ending, but no retail market will open in 2023. As of now, this is still a proposal, and it’s anyone’s guess if the DEA (who would do the actual re-scheduling) will think that’s a good idea. by a large margin.

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