Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Clinical trials are producing promising results, creating enthusiasm for commercializing and patenting psychedelics. 1025, 1026 (2021) (reporting significant improvement of PTSD symptoms following treatment with MDMA in clinical trial); see also Alec J. Mitchell et al., Divito & Robert F. Feduccia et al.,

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 18, 2021

for the production of cannabis used in federally-regulated clinical trials. Wasn’t the DEA going to let others grow research-grade cannabis? Early on in the study, criticism over the poor quality and low potency of the NIDA-supplied cannabis prompted Johns Hopkins University to withdraw from the multi-year clinical trials.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

Accordingly, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) no longer has any claim to interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp products, so as long as the THC level is at or below 0.3%. While the DEA is now officially out of the hemp regulation business, the U.S. The FDA’s position on CBD is unsettled and unsupported by law.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 31, 2020

However, social and economic barriers like racial stereotypes and lack of access to care centers have historically barred Hispanic community members from seeking medical cannabis and participating in clinical trials. Supply chains are disrupted as a result, and consumers grow fearful of buying hemp.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 4, 2021

It seems completely backwards that an unregulated product that gets people “high” and is synthesized in a lab can be sold at gas stations and smoke shops but naturally derived Delta 9-THC must go through rigorous safety testing and can only be sold and handled by licensed companies.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

To acknowledge its impressive safety record and potential for treating depression more effectively than existing therapies, the Food and Drug Administration designated psilocybin a breakthrough therapy in 2018 and 2019 for treating drug-resistant depression and major depressive disorder. That power is typically delegated to the DEA.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 7, 2020

At the same time, because of the federal illegality of cannabis, the federal government has routinely denied third party requests for further research in regards to its potential medical benefits, among other health and safety impacts. for various studies, including FDA-approved clinical trials.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 13, 2022

Complementary businesses combine to create a preeminent North American platform with operations spanning 13 wellness clinics, four research sites and one bioanalytical laboratory. Hosting clinical trials for MDMA ( MAPS Public Benefit Corporation), psilocybin (the Usona Institute), LSD (MindMed) and ketamine (the University of Utah ).

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2022

This year, we are completing the second Phase 3 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD , the final stage prior to requesting FDA approval for a new prescription treatment to help heal trauma. Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and Michael Mithoefer, M.D., Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Similar to ketamine, psilocybin has shown great promise in clinical trials for helping to effectively treat depression and PTSD (and we’ve written about psilocybin several times on this blog, including here and here ). Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Similar to ketamine, psilocybin has shown great promise in clinical trials for helping to effectively treat depression and PTSD (and we’ve written about psilocybin several times on this blog, including here and here ). The post The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities appeared first on Harris Bricken.

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The Cannigma

MAY 6, 2021

When it comes to safety, the two main factors to consider are production (standards and regulation) and research. Even if you were able to verify the production standards and active ingredients, there’s just not enough scientific literature to support the safety of consuming high levels of delta-8-THC in the long term.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 14, 2020

Additionally, it would open up medical marijuana policies with “directives to conduct research on the impact of marijuana on the brain, the efficacy of medical marijuana, identification of additional medical benefits and uses of cannabis, and support highway safety research.”. 171, Legitimate Use of Medicinal Marijuana Act.

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