Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 24, 2019

The second path would be the administrative action by the Drug Enforcement Agency [“DEA”] and its Diversion Control Division. Will the mandate for the DEA be changed to oversee another special agricultural legal crop or a medicine ? You can access the whitepapers to view here. Inbound Investment Structuring.

Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2021

Collectively, private investors have poured billions of dollars into these companies, with more money coming from non-profit organizations. Right to Try laws permit patients with serious or life-threatening diseases to access drugs that do not yet have government approval. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”). AIMS Institute, PLLC.

Law

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The interim hemp rules require that these plans include a practice to collect, maintain and report information on hemp cultivators, the land where hemp is produced, and the status and number of licenses issued. Labs that test cannabis for THC levels must be registered with the DEA. State and Tribal Plans. Hemp that tests above 0.3%

Hemp

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This ease of accessibility culture has paved the fierce competition in the edibles market, for example. Take this on a nationwide scale and it’s easy to see how this can affect what is selling and what is collecting dust on dispensary shelves. We want more with less effort. Competition Is Good – to a Point.

Dispensary

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

Reinvests funds to support programs that work on expanding access to substance use treatment, support harm reduction services, and reduce the criminalization of individuals who use drugs by supporting the development or expansion of pre-arrest diversion programs. Ensures individuals with drug convictions can gain access to drivers’ licenses.

Decriminalization

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

3] Further, notwithstanding the determination of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which is required to defer to the Department of Health and Human Services’ assessment that cannabis has no acceptable medical utility, 37 states and four territories have enacted laws allowing for the medical use of cannabis products. [4]

Policy

The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Also, the NBA agreed to players investing in the cannabis industry as part of a new collective bargaining agreement. 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. Spoiler alert: that number will change! But what about federal legislation ??

DEA

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

“Closing the door on broadly supported incremental reforms like the SAFE Banking Act while the Senate seeks compromise on farther-reaching bills hurts the possibilities for consensus and ignores the very real needs of small business operators who have repeatedly said that access to banking services and traditional lending is an existential issue.

Legislation

Medicinal Genomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As a result, labs that have received a state license to test either medical or recreational cannabis have historically been denied a DEA Schedule I license to test hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. We transcend traditional consultancy models, embodying a collective force dedicated to driving safety and lab profitability in the cannabis industry.

Compliance

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Like others, Dr. Beasley is forced by default to expand her knowledge base through scientific facts that warrant closer inspection and through accessible existing research, with few current cannabis case studies. Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S.

Marijuana

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This ease of accessibility culture has paved the fierce competition in the edibles market, for example. Take this on a nationwide scale and it’s easy to see how this can affect what is selling and what is collecting dust on dispensary shelves. We want more with less effort. Competition Is Good to a Point.

Marijuana

The Herb Collective

JUNE 25, 2018

"Every year, about 98% of all of the grass removed by the DEA's "Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program" is really hemp." Medical use is legal in 28 states and Washington, DC, recreational use is legal in 8 states, and 17 states allow limited access marijuana products with low THC/high CBD cannabidiol.

Marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 14, 2022

pursuant to Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) or state-level programs). Before legalization, illicit grow sites did not have access to water utilities and were typically grown in arid/remote areas, often depleting local surface water and shallow aquifers not suited to intensive use.

Environment

Meadow

JULY 13, 2018

we want everyone who did not have the opportunity to attend Meadowlands to have access to this content. Kind of touching on that point in terms of there aren’t necessarily a lot of options right now for operators and where they can actually set up shop, set up businesses on all license types where there is access, it’s very limited as well.

Wellness and Beauty

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It would transfer primary agency jurisdiction over cannabis from the DEA to the FDA, TTB, and ATF. If implemented, regulatory responsibility of cannabis would be transferred from the U.S.

Research and Development

Project CBD

AUGUST 23, 2023

Collectively, this language has fostered a regulatory gap that companies are taking advantage of to sell highly intoxicating products, colloquially and misleadingly referred to in the national unregulated hemp marketplace as “legal cannabis.” “Whether growing or not” is being misconstrued to mean that the 0.3

Cannabinoids

Veriheal

AUGUST 31, 2020

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. Supply chains are disrupted as a result, and consumers grow fearful of buying hemp.

Research and Development

The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

So, with that, we should get into it, but don’t forget to check out our segment with Americans for Safe Access. We always have a nice little tidbit when we’re all about advocacy and access to cannabis for all. It’s Dr. Codi Peterson here with our regularly scheduled segment with Americans for Safe Access.

Trichome

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We wanted to investigate, so after collecting samples from online stores and brick-and-mortar smoke shops, we commissioned FESA Labs to perform independent testing on 51 delta-8 products. We’ve collected the results under these headings to make it easier to navigate to what you’re looking for. Illegal Limits of Delta-9 THC.

THC

SpeedWeed

JULY 17, 2021

Legal weed businesses would be able to open bank accounts, access loans, or list on the US stock market. If passed, the bill would transfer most of the regulatory authority over cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

Colorado could decriminalize the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms,” and create a Natural Medicine Access Program, according to a voter initiative on the November ballot. July 28, 2022. Psilocybin mushrooms are classified as an illegal Schedule I drug under federal law.

Legalization

SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

A new, well-organized marketplace where consumers could easily buy safe, high quality products, and states could collect new tax revenues, was the intended result behind cannabis legalization. Convenience and accessibility. Cannabis must do the same, combining the collective powers of regulation and branding to win in the marketplace.

Business

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As president, Bernie will: Legalize marijuana in the first 100 days with executive action by: Nominating an attorney general, HHS secretary, and administrator for the DEA who will all work to aggressively end the drug war and legalize marijuana. Ending The War On Marijuana And Undoing Its Damage.

Programs

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that two of the biggest problems for the cannabis industry overall are access to financial institutions and I.R.C. Section 280E. DOJ “issues” The SAFE Banking Act neither legalizes cannabis nor reschedules it on the Controlled Substances Act.

Banking

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. The thought process goes that three things will reduce the illicit market: (1) federal and statewide legalization, (2) incentives to access the legal market, and (3) putting compliance ahead of enforcement.

Compliance

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The DEA still classifies cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance, a designation reserved for drugs with no medical value and a high potential for abuse. The governor of Alabama signed a recreational bill into law in 2021, but patients will likely not have access to retail products until 2022.

Recreational

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Mr O’Brien also runs the longest running dispensary in the world: The Patients Care Collective in Berkely. What made the Patients Care Collective different? “We The DEA was targeting those people who put their heads above the parapet. He opened the doors on April 4, 2001, and, remarkably, was never raided.

Cultivation

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana. But DEA regulators determined after both of those reviews that marijuana should remain a Schedule I substance. iii) except as provided in subparagraph (B), any activity that is limited to—. . (I) 4) Federal receiver.—. . (A)

Banking

Veriheal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in August that a hearing regarding the reclassification decision will take place on December 2, 2024, before an administrative law judge. Then, the DEA will review the report and draft a final ruling, factoring in all relevant information submitted during the public comment period.

DEA