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The Week in Weed: May 15, 2020

The Blunt Truth

The latest proposal submitted by House Democrats, entitled the HEROES Act, includes a provision that would allow “…access to financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers…” The language is from the SAFE Banking Act passed by the House last year. So let’s get started.

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Setting it Straight on Delta-8-THC

Veriheal

Peter Grinspoon, a PCP at Harvard Medical School and board member of the Doctors for Cannabis Regulation advocacy group, says that Delta-8 has vast potential like so many other less known deltas. The DEA is Already Interfering. Way to go, DEA, on jumping the gun showing your true colors.

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Mexico Is Inches From Federally Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis

SpeedWeed

The country’s lower legislative house, also known as the Chamber of Deputies, approved legislation to regulate recreational marijuana by a healthy margin of 316 to 129 votes, with 23 abstentions. . International cannabis firms are titillated over the prospect of accessing the 126 million-person Mexican market.

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Daniella Styagova: United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative

Cannabis Law Report

The CSA may apply to medicines that are used for medicinal or recreational purposes, it also forbids the manufacturing and distribution of certain drugs, one of which is marijuana. However, despite research and advocacy marijuana remains a Schedule I drug, whereas Cocaine is a Schedule II drug and Xanax is a Schedule IV.

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Veriheal’s Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship 2020 Winners

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However, social and economic barriers like racial stereotypes and lack of access to care centers have historically barred Hispanic community members from seeking medical cannabis and participating in clinical trials. Maha was the founder and president of UCLA’s first registered cannabis student group, Cannaclub.

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

Cannabis Law Report

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) opposes the recreational use of marijuana. The AAFP recognizes the benefits of intervention and treatment for the recreational use of marijuana, in lieu of incarceration, for all individuals, including youth. Marijuana Possession for Personal Use. Background. Extensive evidence.

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US Hemp Roundtable: Press Coverage Provides Sneak Peak Into U.S. Hemp Roundtable Virtual Fly-In

Cannabis Law Report

Many producers expressed concerns that the DEA’s interim final rule would criminalize the processing of hemp extracts. The bill would also get rid of the USDA’s requirement that only DEA laboratories can test hemp products. There are currently zero DEA registered labs in my home state and [only] one in New England,” Pingree said.

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