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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green.

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All Cannabis Use Is Political

The Cannigma

MAY 16, 2025

In fact, a well-funded and coordinated effort is underway to not only take those products away from you but also to dismantle the rights weve fought hard to secure under state laws and limited federal protections. and years of data proving the positive impacts that medical cannabis has on healthcare systems.

Policy

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Starting A Cannabis Lab : 3 Crucial Steps

Medicinal Genomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Navigating local, state, and federal regulations Although state-licensed cannabis labs are legal under state law, the federal government sees them in violation of federal law. However, this may change with rescheduling that is going to be revisited on Dec 2, 2024.

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What is delta-8? | Leafly

SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

Few state laws specifically address delta-8 THC at this time. Most state laws that pertain to marijuana or cannabis use language that covers marijuana, cannabis, THC, CBD, or delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. There are 11 states where delta-8 is believed to be illegal according to state law.

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Buzzes & Bummers: 2018 Was a Wild Ride in the World of Cannabis

SpeedWeed

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Bringing pharmaceutical CBD to market will make it available to patients in every state (with a doctor’s prescription), allow it to be covered by health insurance, and guarantee a product that’s produced to high standards. Which Cannabis Strains Are Highest in CBD, According to Lab Data? RELATED STORY.

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Lighting Up Florida Medical Marijuana People: Rear Battalion, Part 9

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 16, 2019

On July 11, 2019, a Florida Appellate Court ruled in the highly-publicized Florigrown lawsuit that the state’s vertical integration was unfair and unconstitutional. Health officials on Monday agreed to allow Alpha Foliage, which operates as Surterra, to open six more dispensaries.

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Marijuana as Schedule III: Woe is Me?

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Many people in the cannabis industry are convinced that this HHS recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) means that the DEA will undertake this rescheduling (and fairly quickly, too–which would be a huge departure from its refusal to reschedule back in 2016). Just my two cents; feel free to disagree.

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. It would transfer primary agency jurisdiction over cannabis from the DEA to the FDA, TTB, and ATF.

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Rescheduling Marijuana

Connor & Connor PLLC

AUGUST 15, 2024

If Congress would like to change the legal status of marijuana, they would do so before or after the DEA makes a final scheduling decision. On May 21, 2024, the DEA opened a 62-day public comment period, which concluded on July 22, 2024. A crucial issue associated with state laws is that the state employment laws will not be modified.

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Bill Clinton 1992 I Smoked Weed But Didn’t Inhale – 2022 I Said CBD Sounds Good But My Media Team Doesn’t Want To It To Be Public Knowledge

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2022

Last year, Gupta said that he was ultimately convinced of the therapeutic potential of cannabis after reviewing international studies, because there seemed to be a “very biased set of data” in the U.S. that focused almost exclusively on the potential harms rather than benefits.

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CBD Oracle Lab Study Shows Some Delta-8 Products Are 7700% Over the Legal Delta-9 THC Limit

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Five of them used an age verification form , which is in compliance with the FDA age requirements and state laws, where the customer has to upload a photo of a government ID, and the other required a signature on delivery of the package. Every lab uses a different method so the data is not going to be consistent.”.

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Meet THC-O, a hemp-derived compound three times stronger than THC

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 19, 2021

Because it’s derived from federally legal hemp, THC-O products are becoming increasingly popular in the states where consumers don’t have access to legal, state-licensed delta-9 THC products. . THC-O didn’t appear on the DEA’s radar until nearly 30 years later. State laws and regulations scrambling to catch up.

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Every Florida Medical Marijuana Law You Need to Know

CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In accordance with state law, all CannaMD doctors hold an active, unrestricted license as either an allopathic physician or osteopathic physician and are in compliance with all state-mandated education requirements. MORE DETAILS: As medical marijuana physicians ourselves, this one is easy! It’s not practical or worth their time.

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Cannabinoid Folks, Pay Attention to Kratom

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

What I generally say is that in most cases, there will be no federal or state law that specifically deals with that cannabinoid. I think it is also key to consider state law and whether it imposes restrictions beyond the CSA and NDI process. People constantly ask me how X cannabinoid will be regulated.

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Congress could pass a law that would legitimate marijuana activities, but only to the extent an individual or commercial enterprise acts within the letter of state law. The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana. Emphasis added).

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

All Cannabis Use Is Political

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Starting A Cannabis Lab : 3 Crucial Steps

What is delta-8? | Leafly

Buzzes & Bummers: 2018 Was a Wild Ride in the World of Cannabis

Lighting Up Florida Medical Marijuana People: Rear Battalion, Part 9

Marijuana as Schedule III: Woe is Me?

Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Rescheduling Marijuana

Bill Clinton 1992 I Smoked Weed But Didn’t Inhale – 2022 I Said CBD Sounds Good But My Media Team Doesn’t Want To It To Be Public Knowledge

CBD Oracle Lab Study Shows Some Delta-8 Products Are 7700% Over the Legal Delta-9 THC Limit

Meet THC-O, a hemp-derived compound three times stronger than THC

Every Florida Medical Marijuana Law You Need to Know

Cannabinoid Folks, Pay Attention to Kratom

Further Consideration of the STATES Act

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