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New U.S. Research Efforts Could Catalyze Medical Cannabis’ Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Veriheal

The final goal is to introduce medicinal cannabis products to the pharmaceutical drug market. You don’t take that opium poppy and ask a patient to rub it on their lip for morphine. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). “We know cannabis has powerful potential medical effects. territories. This means that U.S.

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DEA Increases Access to Cannabis for Research Purposes

Veriheal

Sue Sisley was quoted telling media, “there are thousands of different cannabis varieties that all have unique chemical profiles and produce unique clinical effects, but we didn’t have access to that normal diversity.” Another company that will be cultivating cannabis for research is a pharmaceutical research company.

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‘The most meaningful cannabis reform in decades’: Experts weigh in on new DEA rules

The Cannigma

All that is about to change, thanks to a change at the DEA , which cultivators and industry experts say will be monumental for cannabis research, medical marijuana patients, and potentially the broader legal status of the plant itself. “We BRC) told The Cannigma this week. Junk’ cannabis ‘ill-suited for clinical trials’. Shutterstock).

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

MJ Business Attorneys

Epidiolex is the first drug the FDA has approved that contains a substance derived from marijuana, and it is also the first drug approved by the FDA to be used to treat patients with Dravet syndrome. Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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DEA Approves MMJ International Holdings THC Shipment for Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease Drug Development

Cannabis Law Report

MMJ International Holdings, the premier medical cannabis research company, announced that it has received DEA approval to ship THC and CBD from Canada. “Patients will benefit from cGMP-quality therapies in an accessible and efficient format.”. . Most recently the FDA awarded MMJ International Holdings ?

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Press Release: HAVN Life Successfully Exports Psilocybin from Jamaica Facility into the U.S. for Research Purposes

Cannabis Law Report

The importation of the naturally derived psilocybin into California was completed after the Company’s supply partner Mycrodose Therapeutics was granted an import license from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). “Having a supply partner that gives us access to the rapidly growing U.S.

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The Path to Greenlighting CBD

Burns Levinson (Cannabusiness advisory)

This marks the first time in history that the DEA has removed any type of cannabis from Schedule I, and clears the way for the sale of the first non-synthetic, cannabis-derived medicine to win federal approval. According to the DEA order, because the drug was recently approved by the FDA, it is now considered to have an accepted medical use.

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