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Hemp Trade Association, Seller Lose Legal Challenge to DEA Rule

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp Industries Association and RE Botanicals Inc. are barred from bringing a challenge in federal district court against Drug Enforcement Administration regulations concerning the possession and manufacture of hemp byproducts, the D.C. Circuit affirmed. Circuit ruled June 10.

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Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications

NORML

” To date, however, the agency has neither affirmed or denied any of the 26 applicants that have sought the DEA’s permission for a federal cultivation license. Read NORML’s new op-ed, “Three years ago the DEA said they would remove roadblocks to cannabis research — they still haven’t, here.).

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FDA Approves CBD-Containing Drug - Will the DEA Finally Step Up?

MJ Business Attorneys

The FDA’s approval of the drug is just one step toward getting Epidiolex on the market and available to doctors to prescribe as a treatment option. Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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DEA Seizes 4M Marijuana Plants, Less Arrests in ’19

CannaMD

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) made far fewer cannabis-related arrests in 2019 than in previous years. Let’s take a closer look at what DEA data reveals. The DEA’s data also implies that cannabis seizures and weapon seizures went hand in hand, a testament to how seriously some illegal grow operations take their security.

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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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Can I Import Marijuana Seeds to the U.S.?

Canna Law Blog

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to implement and enforce the relevant provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act which makes it a crime to bring controlled substances into the country without a proper license. CBP has also issued tariff classification rulings on CBD oil and distillates and hemp biomass.

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Will the FDA Soon Treat Hemp CBD as a Dietary Supplement?

Canna Law Blog

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon change its tune on hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) thanks to a bill recently filed by chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. The FDA’s view is that Hemp CBD was not marketed as such prior to the investigation of CBD as a drug. Collin Peterson (D-MN) and cosponsored by Reps.

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