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Justice Department Urged To Take “Immediate Action” On Marijuana Grow Applications

NORML

” Last year, however, former DEA director Robert Patterson testified to Congress that the agency believed that approving additional applicants would likely violate international anti-drug treaties. Patterson said that DEA could not move forward granting any new applications until the Justice Department clarified the issue.

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FDA Approves CBD-Containing Drug - Will the DEA Finally Step Up?

MJ Business Attorneys

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex, a drug containing Cannabidiol (CBD). Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. The FDA can make recommendations to the DEA about substances subjected to scheduling under the CSA, but the DEA is the entity with the power to reschedule CBD.

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Article: Psychedelics As Medicine: Right To Try Case Versus DEA

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) refusal to accommodate state and federal right to try laws. US DEA , No. US DEA , No. RTT laws permit certain patients who have been diagnosed with life-threatening diseases or conditions access to investigational medications not yet approved for general use by the U.S.

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HHS Report on Cannabis Scheduling is Available & Statement from ASA

Americans for Safe Access

ASA’s recommendation to FDA for scheduling can be found here.

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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Considers ‘Cannabis Policies for the New Decade’

NORML

Eleven states regulate the adult use of marijuana and 33 states provide for medical cannabis access. Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Deputy Director for Regulatory Programs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Volkow, M.D.,

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

Veriheal

In order to legally access other therapies including nature-based options such as psilocybin , you must gain access under a Right to Try law which requires you to have a terminal condition. The FDA refers to this program as the expanded access program on their website. Patients Are Not In This Alone.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

Canna Law Blog

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cities and counties. If a clinic is not scrupulous regarding its patient population and intake procedures (using minimal screening and untrained providers), or is looking to make a buck over a growing medical fad, anyone could get access to ketamine infusions.

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