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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

A new study from an industry advocacy group in California examines the content of dozens of unregulated intoxicating “hemp” products that are easily available in the Golden State despite being banned by state law. However, the following year the DEA put off its decision pending further public commentary. percent THC.

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Justice Department Urged To Take “Immediate Action” On Marijuana Grow Applications

NORML

” 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. .

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Article: Psychedelics As Medicine: Right To Try Case Versus DEA

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) refusal to accommodate state and federal right to try laws. US DEA , No. with Kathryn Tucker of Emerge Law Group, Matthew Zorn of Yetter Coleman LLP, and James Williams , Andrew Kline , Thomas Tobin and Holly Martinez of Perkins Coie LLP. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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FDA Suggests Congress Holds the Key to Legalizing CBD-Infused Foods

Canna Law Blog

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.

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Are CBD Food and Drinks Really Not Legal? Really?

Canna Law Blog

This FDA position is generally understood as “informal guidance” or a “statement of policy”, or sometimes a “nonlegislative rule” or an “interpretive rule”, which by any name does not have the force of law. Interestingly, the position that these products are lawful under the FD&C Act was FDA’s original position as well.

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BREAKING NEWS: FDA and USDA Start Making Sense on Hemp CBD

Canna Law Blog

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. It’s not as if the law has changed or the FDA’s actually issued any regulations on Hemp CBD. USDA Ditches DEA Registration.

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Congressional Committee to Hold Marijuana Legislative Hearing This Wednesday

NORML

Now more than ever, congressional action is required to end the failed criminalization of marijuana and amend federal law to ensure that state-legal cannabis programs can operate as intended. Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Witnesses will be: Matthew J. Volkow, M.D.,