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

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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. According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5

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The Week in Weed: September 4, 2020

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot in Nebraska. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. Governor Pete Ricketts recently declared that there is no such thing as medical marijuana. california.

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

Today, adult use of cannabis, which is classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), is legal in 18 states, and the medical use of cannabis is legal in 37 states, though cannabis use remains illegal under federal law. Draft Bill Details.

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Can the Biden Administration Deschedule Cannabis?

Cannabis Law Report

This would, as the letter to Garland says, “decriminalizemarijuana. For the purpose of the CSA, the Attorney General delegates its power to the DEA and the HHS delegates its power to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). the move and vowed to uphold California state law with regards to marijuana.

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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

“It was all quoted accurately and live—it was pressure from the Clinton camp PR team that the comments were supposed to be closed to the press—so we respected the writers request,” a Cannabis & Tech Today editor wrote to Marijuana Moment in a Twitter direct message. No press were authorized to attend this panel,” she said. “We

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Weed and Worry — The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis Trade

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As several states and foreign countries have enacted laws decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, a fresh rush of reefer madness has overtaken the business world. Should you be worried about legal marijuana’s adverse consequences under federal immigration law? 1621 et seq.,

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Weed and Worry — The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis Trade

Cannabis Law Report

As several states and foreign countries have enacted laws decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, a fresh rush of reefer madness has overtaken the business world. Should you be worried about legal marijuana’s adverse consequences under federal immigration law?

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