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DEA Promises Progress on Federal Cultivation Applications, But Provides No Timetable for Action

NORML

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has once again pledged to take action to better facilitate clinical cannabis research. In 2016, the DEA similarly announced the adoption of new rules to expand to supply of research-grade cannabis, but failed to take any further action.

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Enforcement or Compliance

Canna Law Blog

The issue of enforcement or compliance is probably the biggest one most states face at the policy level. Today, we’ll look at the argument that a compliance focus is better than an enforcement focus. Despite all of this, some folks seem to think that prohibition and compliance is still the answer. The enforcement v.

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Why the DEA Hemp Rule Challenge Really Matters

Canna Law Blog

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. It would then logically follow that it is legal to process the hemp plant into legal derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids. Challenging the DEA hemp rule.

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Why the DEA Hemp Rule Challenge Really Matters. A Lot.

Canna Law Blog

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. It would then logically follow that it is legal to process the hemp plant into legal derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids. Challenging the DEA hemp rule.

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FDA Approves CBD-Containing Drug - Will the DEA Finally Step Up?

MJ Business Attorneys

Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. The FDA can make recommendations to the DEA about substances subjected to scheduling under the CSA, but the DEA is the entity with the power to reschedule CBD. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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Will President Trump's U.S. Attorney General Nominee Barr Marijuana Legalization?

MJ Business Attorneys

Attorney General, and it is unclear whether this nominee will be better or worse than the former Attorney General Jeff Sessions when it comes to the growing cannabis momentum toward federal legality. She also supported abolishing the Obama administration’s more lenient policies for lower-level drug offenders, according to CBS News.

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Deschedule Cannabis, Don’t Reschedule It: Part 2

Canna Law Blog

As I noted, rescheduling cannabis to schedule II or below is a bad idea, because it would subject cannabis to DEA regulations similar to prescription drugs. Rescheduling cannabis to schedule II would NOT have the effect of making all state-licensed cannabis businesses federally legal.

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