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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

What’s more, synthesized Delta-9 THC is present in many of these products, despite being prohibited in both California’s cannabis and hemp programs. In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis.

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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). Douglas Throckmorton, M.D., Volkow, M.D.,

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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Considers ‘Cannabis Policies for the New Decade’

NORML

Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Deputy Director for Regulatory Programs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Witnesses at today’s hearing were: Matthew J. Douglas Throckmorton, M.D., Volkow, M.D.,

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Federal legalization of hemp creating a quandary for police

Cannabis Chronicles

Nobody wants to see someone in jail for a month for the wrong thing,” DEA spokeswoman Barbara Carreno said. “To The pure CBD powder is then resold for use in everything from makeup to smoothies to pet food. To further complicate the issue, states that already have their own hemp programs must have them approved by the U.S.

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The Epidiolex Effect: Will Other CBD Drugs Receive FDA and DEA Approval?

Freedom Leaf

On September 28, the DEA designated Epidiolex —a plant-based CBD pharmaceutical manufactured by the UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals—a Schedule V drug in the government’s list of controlled substances. schedules were created by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970 and are interpreted and enforced by the DEA.

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

Veriheal

The Right to Try Act or the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act was signed into law on May 30th, 2019, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA refers to this program as the expanded access program on their website. Sunil Aggarwal was also named in the lawsuit.

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U.S. Funding Focuses on Marijuana’s Harms, Not Benefits

CannaMD

As such, universities such as McMaster University and McGill University , among others, have built dedicated and comprehensive research programs. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it will evaluate 37 additional grower applications. The DEA would then be the exclusive distributor. However, things were not all rosy.

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