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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. What could the implications be for patients on their medical cannabis journey? Rescheduling would stand to have the largest impact on cannabis research and business taxes.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

13 by the San Diego/Imperial Counties Joint Labor Management Cannabis Committee made up of representatives of UFCW Local 135 , and local companies March & Ash and Embarc. What’s more, synthesized Delta-9 THC is present in many of these products, despite being prohibited in both California’s cannabis and hemp programs.

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One Signature Could Remove Marijuana From Schedule I Tomorrow

Canna Law Blog

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. Such purposes must, however, ensure the availability of cannabis (not referenced specifically, but included in the definition of “drugs”) to patients for relief from pain and suffering.

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Lunch & Learn Episode 6: Is Cannabis' "Accepted Medical Use" Political?

Americans for Safe Access

Watch as we explore the significance of the last 12 years in establishing cannabis' "currently accepted medical use" and learn why this matters! Watch as we explore the significance of the last 12 years in establishing cannabis' "currently accepted medical use" and learn why this matters!

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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. Optimism surrounding the European cannabis market was everywhere. I use the word marijuana to refer to cannabis exceeding 0.3% marijuana laws truly are. In contrast, the U.S.

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Number of Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low

NORML

"Although Congress has failed to amend federal cannabis laws to explicitly recognize state-legal cannabis markets, the attitudes and priorities of federal law enforcement agents and prosecutors have clearly shifted in a manner that reflects their reality.

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

Canna Law Blog

law separates marijuana and hemp, its time for both the industry and regulators to stop using ‘cannabis’ as a stand-in for marijuana. Cannabis is the plant species that includes both marijuana and hemp. If you’re referring to both, then ‘cannabis’ is appropriate.

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