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From DEA to Legal Cannabis: Charles Feldmann Weighs In

CannaTech

As a Marine Corps federal prosecutor, DEA Drug Task Force Commander and state narcotics prosecutor, Charles spent many years engaged in the War on Drugs. CannaTech alumnus sponsor and cannabis legal expert. A Former DEA Prosecutor’s Journey into the Global Cannabis Industry. Charles Feldmann, Esq. Big weed earned my trust.

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Federal Court: California Must Share Cannabis Licensee Records with Feds

Canna Law Blog

This summer, the DOJ and the DEA sued the BCC because the BCC refused to comply with a DEA subpoena about the alleged extracurricular drug trafficking above. The BCC has refused to provide that information to the DEA. In the January subpoena (which is standard and boilerplate), the DEA wrote that “the information sought.

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

Cannabis Law Report

The introduction to the document… The Honorable Lindsey Graham. Access the full document at. We’ve quickly scanned the document and highlight a few of the following passages of relevance. Chairman Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Washington, DC 20510. The Honorable Dianne Feinstein.

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Here We Go! Feds Sue California for Cannabis Business Records

Canna Law Blog

State legal cannabis businesses are used to the specter of the federal government in the rear view mirrors of their lives and businesses. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that cannabis remains federally illegal. And that is what made last week’s new so interesting.

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U.S. Court of Appeals Weighs in on Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC Classification Cannabis Practice Update

Cannabis Law Report

Key Notes: The Ninth Circuit found that Delta-8 THC products are federally legal under the plain meaning of the definition of “hemp” set by the 2018 Farm Bill, making it the first Circuit to find such products lawful. In other words, any contrary agency language is overridden by clear statutory text.

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Publicly Traded Cannabis Company Plans $500M (!) EB-5 Raise (!!)

Canna Law Blog

The RIA contains much needed investor protection provisions and creates a stricter compliance and reporting regime for EB-5 project offerors and regional centers. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), the agency tasked with enforcing the CSA. and likewise created or preserved hundreds of thousands of jobs for U.S.

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Trump-Gardner Pot Deal: Could Federalism Be the Fix to the Fed's Fight Against State Marijuana Industries?

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It means Federalism could be legal cannabis’s saving grace in the brinks of the second war on drugs and a rapidly expanding federal government. ” If one were to screen the text of the Constitution, nowhere in that document would one find a controlled substance mentioned. And what does this mean for the marijuana industry?

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