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I Have Some Thoughts on This Biden Cannabis Play

Canna Law Blog

Everyone serving time for simple possession of cannabis is in state prison for violations of state (and not federal) controlled substances laws. It’s also important to understand that nearly everyone arrested and prosecuted for federal cannabis crimes is nailed for trafficking (i.e., See: Federal Cannabis Legislation Roundup: Part 1.

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Document: Barr Responses To QFR’s: CLR Digs Out The Relevant Q’s & A’s

Cannabis Law Report

For nearly fifty years, the University of Mississippi has had the sole contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to grow cannabis for research purposes. Along with Senator Feinstein, I introduced legislation that expands research into a derivative of marijuana known as cannabidiol, or CBD. Access the full document at.

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

CPA’s” PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Numerous attempts to introduce legislation to relax the provisions that placed cannabis on Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act [“CSA”] have been made beginning in 1981 [i]. State-compliant cannabis activity would no longer violate federal criminal law.

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