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What Could Rescheduling Mean for Medical Cannabis Patients?

Canna Care Docs

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will move to reclassify cannabis — a historic shift that could have wide ripple effects across the country. Understanding current drug scheduling for cannabis The DEA classifies drugs, substances, and certain chemicals used to make drugs into five distinct categories or “schedules.”

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One Signature Could Remove Marijuana From Schedule I Tomorrow

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drug policy with its international treaty obligations—specifically, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (Single Convention). Yes, the DEA would need to do some light follow-up rulemaking—but that’s been done before , and the Office of Legal Counsel has already signed off on it. No act of Congress. No HHS review. Just a signature.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

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In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis. However, the following year the DEA put off its decision pending further public commentary. Yet its advocates tout its ability to help wean users off opioids. Theres no ambiguity or loophole.

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America’s Missed Opportunity in the Global Marijuana Market

Canna Law Blog

After attending the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin at the end of April, I was reminded, yet again, of how draconian U.S. Much of it was driven by Germanys newly formed government keeping its quasi-legalization policy intact, even if adult-use trials remain uncertain. marijuana laws truly are. How the U.S.

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

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In yet another setback for hemp and marijuana-adjacent businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. These rules form the backbone of the current policy. Otherwise, be specific.)

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Marijuana to Schedule III is Necessary, But Let’s Be Honest About Its Limits

Canna Law Blog

And according to DEA, no one has died from a marijuana overdose. The Research Act defines “marijuana” separately from its schedule and permanently locks in certain Schedule I-level requirements for researching, manufacturing, storing, and transferring marijuana by DEA registrants. The supply chain problem Under 21 U.S.C. §

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Is There a Method to the Mayhem? The Stock Market and a Potential Cannabis Collapse

Canna Law Blog

As economists overwhelmingly question the Trump Administrations tariff policy , one has to wonder if there is a deeper strategy behind his seemingly chaotic moves? Everyday investors, 401(k)s, small business owners, and workers. But if the DEA fails to act, and soon, leaving 280E in place, a wave of insolvencies could follow.

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