Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

In this edition of The 411 on 420, Perkins Coie partner Barak Cohen discusses hemp’s complicated past and promising future with Eric Steenstra, founding member of the Hemp Industries Association, Vice President of the California Hemp Council and President of Vote Hemp, the political advocacy organization that he co-founded in 2000.

Hemp 52

Hemp THC Advocacy DEA 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, agents and their partners confiscated approximately 5.53 Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million cultivated cannabis plants last year – a 20 percent increase over 2020’s totals.

DEA 52

DEA Marijuana Programs Data 52

NORML

JANUARY 17, 2019

As the result of a lawsuit, DEA Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner in 2007 ruled that expanding the pool of federally licensed providers would be “in the public interest.” The agency ultimately rejected her decision.

Clinical Trials 230

Clinical Trials Legislation DEA Strains 230

Veriheal

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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.

THC 52

THC DEA Research and Development Cannabinoids 52

NORML

JANUARY 13, 2020

Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The legislative hearing notice states that six bills will be discussed, including HR 3884 , the MORE Act, which recently was approved in the House Judiciary Committee by a bipartisan vote of 24-10 and waived by the House Small Business Committee.

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Legislation Marijuana Policy DEA 190

SpeedWeed

MARCH 20, 2021

Many advocacy groups fear that foreign corporations have already lined legislators’ pockets to ensure they can easily do business in the country, ultimately changing how legalization will impact consumer rights and rural and indigenous communities. . That decision made no mention of a commercial industry.

Legalization 52

Legalization Legislation Advocacy DEA 52

MJ Business Attorneys

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The same day the SEC brought charges against Greenview the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) released an “Investor Alert” warning investors in marijuana-related companies of investment fraud and market manipulation.

Marijuana 100

Marijuana Compliance Compliance Media 100

PrestoDoctor

JULY 16, 2019

The nature of the federal ruling places pressure on the DEA to move quickly; faster than if the CCA were to attempt to reduce the scheduling through other channels such as congress. According to plaintiff José Belén, “the DEA was told to act with ‘great dispatch’ and with ‘all deliberate speed”.

Policy 40

Policy DEA Access Media 40

PrestoDoctor

JULY 16, 2019

The nature of the federal ruling places pressure on the DEA to move quickly; faster than if the CCA were to attempt to reduce the scheduling through other channels such as congress. According to plaintiff José Belén, “the DEA was told to act with ‘great dispatch’ and with ‘all deliberate speed”.

Policy 40

Policy DEA Access Media 40

Veriheal

AUGUST 31, 2020

Essay Summary: Maha envisions making a positive social impact on California’s cannabis industry through patient advocacy, cannabis education, social research, and R&D. Maha was the founder and president of UCLA’s first registered cannabis student group, Cannaclub. The club now has 3,000 members nationwide. .

Research and Development 117

Research and Development Education Agriculture Patients 117

Cannabis Maven

APRIL 14, 2020

While cannabis arrest are down, there are still too many.

DEA 8

DEA Cannabis Advocacy 8

Canna Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

The Warren-Booker letter , dated October 6, 2021, advocates for DEA to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act— which would decriminalize the plant at the federal level. That said, relentless advocacy is critical. Attorney General, pressing for the end of cannabis prohibition. Government’s ear on cannabis.

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Law Advocacy DEA Policy 75

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

However, despite research and advocacy marijuana remains a Schedule I drug, whereas Cocaine is a Schedule II drug and Xanax is a Schedule IV. In 2011, the DEA again dismissed a petition, claiming a lack of accessible studies especially on smoked marijuana in the United States.

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DEA History Medicine Marijuana 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2022

The Warren-Booker letter , dated October 6, 2021, advocates for DEA to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act— which would decriminalize the plant at the federal level. That said, relentless advocacy is critical. Attorney General, pressing for the end of cannabis prohibition. Government’s ear on cannabis.

Law 52

Law Advocacy DEA Policy 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 8, 2021

The Minnesota Hemp Association, now rebranded as the Minnesota Cannabis Association is a 501(c)(4) organization providing advocacy, education, business development opportunities to advance the growth and vitality of Minnesota’s cannabis industry from seed to sale. Minnesota Hemp Association updates goals along with its name.

Hemp 102

Hemp Seed-To-Sale Food Research and Development 102

The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We always have a nice little tidbit when we’re all about advocacy and access to cannabis for all. HD: Well, the manufacturers at that point only had a THC standard available, and you could buy it in a one milligram ampule because that was the highest amount that the DEA would let them send out. Let’s listen to Steven.

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Trichome Wellness and Beauty Cannabinoids Cannabis 73

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Due to the Schedule I classification by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), researchers seeking to investigate health effects associated with cannabis must follow a regimented application process. The AAFP promotes a society which is free of substance misuse, including alcohol and drugs.

Cannabinoids 40

Cannabinoids Marijuana Research and Development Access 40

The Blunt Truth

MAY 15, 2020

Although NORML and other advocacy groups asked that state-legal marijuana businesses gain access to this relief, that language did not make it into the legislation. The National Cannabis Industry Association would like to get the DEA out of research entirely, and state-level research could be a substitute for the federal program.

Banking 106

Banking Research and Development Programs Advocacy 106

NORML

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, the DEA and other federal law enforcement would be able to use federal funds to shut down medical marijuana programs.

Marijuana 353

Marijuana DEA Programs Patients 353

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 6, 2019

The DEA couldn’t figure out at first why a bunch of rednecks in Cottondale, Florida, had 24-carat gold Rolex watches and were driving Mercedes S500’s, Cobb told Fox News in a recent interview. Brady Cobb estimates that before his dad was finally busted, in 1983, he had pulled in more than $300 million of Escobar’s drug money.

Banking 78

Banking Policy Legislation Compliance 78

SpeedWeed

APRIL 1, 2021

Fried remembers the debate, featuring a then- High Times editor and a DEA agent, marking the first substantive cannabis conversation during her time at school. . She recalls NORML frequently demonstrating at the University of Florida as her first introduction to the movement.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Policy THC Advocacy 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S. “Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the leading advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana) for therapeutic use and research, and Aurelius Data , Inc.(AD),

Marijuana 45

Marijuana Patients Research and Development Programs 45

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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.

Hemp 52

Hemp Banking Legislation Policy 52

The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Only marijuana-friendly people will be assigned to DEA, DOJ, and FDA to get involved in the legalization process. Tulsi Gabbard dropped out from the presidential race on March 19, 2020, has regularly pushed for major cannabis reform and been vocal in her cannabis advocacy. Tulsi Gabbard Rep.

Decriminalization 29

Decriminalization Recreational Advocacy Policy 29