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DEA finally ends fed monopoly on schwaggy research-grade cannabis

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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly made an announcement that’s expected to have a profound and long-lasting impact on cannabis research and development in the United States. Leafly’s Ben Adlin documented the shockingly poor quality in this 2017 article : Smoking 25% THC, studying 8% THC. DEA finally relents.

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Psilocybin-Alcohol Study, FDA’s Psychedelic Guide, & the NCAA’s Cannabis Overhaul Begins

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The 14-page document covers several aspects of the drug development process, including trial best practices, data collection, and new drug application requirements. The document also addresses study participant safety emphasizing how psychedelics’ psychoactive effects increase the potential for abuse.

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New Congressional Report Provides Pathway for How the Biden Administration Can Deschedule Marijuana and Issue Blanket Pardons to Past Offenders

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The President could pursue the appointment of agency officials who favor descheduling, or use executive orders to direct DEA, HHS, and FDA to consider administrative descheduling of marijuana. But I do think it makes sense, based on data, that we should study what the long-term effects are for the use of marijuana. We’re beyond that.”.

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Marijuana & Pregnancy: Top Studies

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This creates a somewhat confusing landscape for mothers who might benefit from cannabis-based therapies, but are also concerned for the safety of their child and the very real possibility of institutional intervention when marijuana use during pregnancy is documented. WHO USES CANNABIS DURING PREGNANCY AND WHY?

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Cannabis and the Environment: Seven Significant Side-Effects April 14, 2022

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For example, the Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADOA) has a document that sets forth the requirements that must be met for a registered pesticide product to be used on hemp. pursuant to Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) or state-level programs). Water Issues. Next Steps.

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What is delta-8? | Leafly

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The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has, in a proposed rule, indirectly classified delta-8 THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, which would make it federally illegal. Additionally, in August 2020, the DEA released an Interim Final Rule (IFR) , a document meant to update and confirm the differences between hemp and cannabis.

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Cannacurio Podcast Episode 21 with Mark Diener of JULABO

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Mark does have quite a bit to share with us, but as always, we’re going to check in with Ed to see what he’s uncovered this week from the data vault. This one was on the advisory sector, which focuses on consultants as well as essentially data analytics firms, so that was fun to dig back into that. That’s gotten huge.