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Tell Congress Not To Allow Trump To Roll Back Medical Marijuana Protections

NORML

The latest offense is his recently released 2021 federal budget proposes slashing all legal protection for state medical marijuana programs and potentially jeopardizing the patients that rely on them. Sign our petition to demand Congress protect state-legal medical marijuana programs.

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NORML: DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

Cannabis Law Report

According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, agents and their partners confiscated approximately 5.53 million plants via its domestic eradication program. Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million plants were confiscated).

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Congressional Committee to Hold Marijuana Legislative Hearing This Wednesday

NORML

Now more than ever, congressional action is required to end the failed criminalization of marijuana and amend federal law to ensure that state-legal cannabis programs can operate as intended. Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Douglas Throckmorton, M.D., Volkow, M.D.,

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Vicente Sederberg LLP Attorney Shane Pennington Elected to International Cannabis Bar Association Board of Directors

Cannabis Law Report

Pennington, who focuses on federal appeals and regulatory issues, is co-counsel on several high-profile cases against the DEA regarding cannabis research, hemp, and psychedelics. Circuit), a pending petition for review of DEA’s August 2020 Interim Final Rule purportedly implementing the 2018 Farm Bill’s amendments to the CSA.

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The Week in Weed: May 15, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We’ve got an update on the latest Montana legalization developments. Maine made changes to their marijuana program. Groups opposing marijuana legalization said the measure “makes no sense.”

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Veriheal’s Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship 2020 Winners

Veriheal

Program between St. About Sinibaldo: Sinibaldo is an aspiring healthcare professional and a biomedical researcher in the Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.) Her impressive background includes working in medical dispensaries in Los Angeles under Prop 215 in and prior to legalization and regulation under Prop 64.

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State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Pushes Florida On Further Cannabis Reform • High Times

SpeedWeed

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. . Legalization remains an issue Nikki Fried and scores of Floridians continue to advocate for today. Today, the state teeters on the verge of adult use legalization.