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

Cannabis Law Report

Senator Feinstein and I wrote to DOJ and Health and Human Services (HHS) on two occasions requesting that a scientific and medical evaluation of CBD be conducted. Both DOJ and HHS agreed to conduct a medical and scientific evaluation of CBD independent of marijuana in 2015. Do you intend to reinstate the Cole Memorandum?

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

The Attorney General forwards the request to the Health and Human Services Secretary and requests a scientific and medical evaluation and recommendation, as specified by 23 USC 811(b-c). State-compliant cannabis activity would no longer violate federal criminal law. The Attorney General can also initiate the process.

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