Canna Law Blog
MARCH 30, 2019
During a recent interview with the Brookings Institution, Scott Gottlieb, the departing head of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), explained it would take several years for the agency to come up with rules that would legalize the use of hemp-derived cannabidiol (Hemp-CBD) in food products, unless Congress steps in.
MJ Business Attorneys
JUNE 29, 2018
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex, a drug containing Cannabidiol (CBD). 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.
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Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 12, 2021
Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) refusal to accommodate state and federal right to try laws. US DEA , No. US DEA , No. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). I’m honored to be part of the litigation team on the case, AIMS et al. 21-70544 (9th Cir.), 21-70544 (9th Cir.),
Project CBD
MARCH 7, 2025
In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis. However, the following year the DEA put off its decision pending further public commentary. “Intoxicating hemp products are the cannabis equivalent of ultra-processed junk food.
NORML
MARCH 1, 2019
” Last year, however, former DEA director Robert Patterson testified to Congress that the agency believed that approving additional applicants would likely violate international anti-drug treaties. Patterson said that DEA could not move forward granting any new applications until the Justice Department clarified the issue. .
Canna Law Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
These developments came from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), respectively, which are the primary regulators of hemp and its derivative products. USDA Ditches DEA Registration. The DEA registration was widely opposed by the agriculture community. Both are analyzed below.
Canna Law Blog
MARCH 25, 2019
Someone could (and might) sue FDA if FDA were to take an enforcement action based solely on the fact that a food or beverage product containing Farm Bill hemp-CBD were sold in commerce. Upon running that by DEA, however, the latter agency advised that removing controls from CBD would violate international treaties to which the U.S.
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