CannaMD

JULY 19, 2020

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. Per the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCESP) , a whopping 4,003,194 cannabis plants were seized and destroyed in 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2022

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. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 Robert Szyba. Seyfarth Shaw LLP. [co-author: co-author: Sydney Jenkins].

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2022

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. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 By Robert Szyba & Sydney Jenkins. July 18, 2022.

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WeedAdvisor

AUGUST 28, 2019

As we reported earlier , marijuana experts were frustrated over the poor quality of cannabis grown at the government’s only legal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi. Despite a 90-day deadline for review, the DEA ignored this cut-off and simply sat on the applications for three years. Dozens of Applications”. .

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 10, 2021

Well, the DEA just released its 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, and the report is full of stats on the United States’ most popular illegal addictions, new trends in intoxicants, and foreign trade — a.k.a. The US sourced 92 percent of its heroin from Mexico in 2019, according to product analyzed by a DEA tracing program.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 26, 2019

DEA Announces Steps Necessary to Improve Access to Marijuana Research. The DEA is providing notice of pending applications from entities applying to be registered to manufacture marijuana for researchers. percent delta-9 THC threshold, is not a controlled substance, and a DEA registration is not required to grow or research it.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. There’s an update on Alabama’s medical cannabis licensing program (meet the new year; same as the old year). The DEA is conducting a review of cannabis scheduling. million in taxes and fees.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. SOUTH DAKOTA Has South Dakota’s medical cannabis program been too successful? Proposed rules for the program could be introduced in the legislature later this year. Ohioans will vote on adult-use cannabis in November.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …… According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal. The DEA confiscated over 1.8 Across the United States, the DEA seized 2.82 million plants in 2017.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Not everyone on Capitol Hill is in favor of federal cannabis legalization; there’s also a new bill that would give Congress the opportunity to prevent the rescheduling of cannabis. But is that really true?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, agents and their partners confiscated approximately 5.53 million plants via its domestic eradication program. Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million plants were confiscated).

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released a statement, in which the agency clarified that the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill rendered the importation of hemp seeds legal. As we previously explained , the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp, hemp seeds, and other derivatives by removing them from the Controlled Substance Act.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MARCH 29, 2019

PORTLAND — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. But now, a few months after Congress placed the marijuana look-alike squarely in safe legal territory, the hemp industry has been unsettled by an unexpected development. Hemp remains illegal under Idaho law, and lawmakers there are scrambling to pass a legalization bill.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

Colorado could legalize psychedelics. These include legalizing the possession, cultivation, use, and sharing of psychedelic components such as ibogaine , mescaline , DMT, psilocybin , and psilocin for adults over the age of 21. The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The DEA sends a letter to Georgia pharmacies. OHIO Last month, Ohio voters told the state legislature that they wanted legal adult-use marijuana. Ohio legislators are busy writing a marijuana law.

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Freedom Leaf

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Though it doesn’t get users high like THC-dominant products, CBD is all the rage these days due to its medical benefits and gray-area legality. 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.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

is pleased to launch its proprietary and trademarked Tested Safe Certified Seal program, which is endorsed by the American Cannabinoid Association. “It is exciting to see our industry legally providing cannabis and cannabis-derived products on a commercial scale. BOCA RATON, Fla. , Aug.

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Otherside Farms

JANUARY 10, 2021

But since then, the United States has argued over whether or not this plant is legal to consume or even grow. But where is it legal to grow cannabis or hemp? There are actually a few places in the United States, where it’s legal, but keep reading to find out everything you need to know about how to legally grow cannabis and hemp!

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NORML

JANUARY 13, 2020

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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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Domestic Hemp Production Program, which was established by Congress as part of the 2018 Farm Bill. USDA’s interim final rules requires that hemp plant testing must be conducted by a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered laboratory, but Virginia has only a small number of DEA-registered labs.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rather than a ballot initiative , Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia legalized the plant for adult-use purposes via a legislative process. They follow in the footsteps of Vermont, which became the first legislative-driven legal cannabis state back in 2018. Legal Cannabis Business Framework .

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cannabinoid Hemp Program Regulations (Finally) Finalized. While much attention is focused on New York’s adult-use cannabis market, the CCB and Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) are also responsible for overseeing both the Medical Marijuana and Cannabinoid Hemp Programs. CBD products).

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 30, 2022

Doing so will not only facilitate and expedite clinical cannabis research in the United States, but it will also bring about a long overdue end to decades of DEA stonewalling and interference with respect to the advancement of our scientific understanding of the cannabis plant.”. Senate members in 2020 passed a similar version of S.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The legal cannabis industry in the United States has slowly expanded over the last decade. Despite the federal illegality of cannabis, lawmakers and state representatives have implemented successful medical and recreational cannabis programs across the nation. The change he pointed out was in how the DEA treats marijuana seeds.

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Otherside Farms

JANUARY 7, 2021

But since then, the United States has argued over whether or not this plant is legal to consume or even grow. But where is it legal to grow hemp? There are actually a few places in the United States, where it’s legal, but keep reading to find out everything you need to know about how to legally grow hemp!

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2021

Pennington, who focuses on federal appeals and regulatory issues, is co-counsel on several high-profile cases against the DEA regarding cannabis research, hemp, and psychedelics. Circuit), a pending petition for review of DEA’s August 2020 Interim Final Rule purportedly implementing the 2018 Farm Bill’s amendments to the CSA.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Vermont moves closer to legalized cannabis sales. The DEA faces a lawsuit over their hemp rule. The USDA’s relief aid program opens to hemp growers. dea regulations. Now, they’re suing.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

Now that Illinois has joined 10 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing the recreational use and sale of marijuana, what can we expect from this new legislation? How was Illinois’ path to legalization different from other states? . N o community colleges have set up such a program so far. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2019

LegitScript, the global leader in merchant and product certification and monitoring in the e-commerce and payment sectors, has launched a new certification program for legally compliant CBD products and websites. LegitScript’s CEO, John Horton, said the program will bring transparency and structure to the CBD industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

Colorado could decriminalize the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms,” and create a Natural Medicine Access Program, according to a voter initiative on the November ballot. Oregon, two years ago, became the first state to legalize psilocybin with the approval of Measure 109.

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CannaMD

MAY 6, 2020

Is it okay to use legally purchased medical marijuana in states where it’s not legal? As attorney Allison Malsbury explains: From a legal perspective, it’s very cut and dried. In practice, the chances of feds or the DEA sitting at the border waiting to catch someone – that’s just not happening.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Before the 2018 Farm Bill, only a few states ran limited “research” pilot programs for hemp. Many of them are in the legally problematic CBD food and beverage space. If you’re interested on the legality of all of these products, check out our massive hemp/CBD archive here ). Clarify that certain cannabinoids are legal, or not.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 16, 2022

Indiana does not have a legal medical or adult-use cannabis program. A bill introduced in January 2022 to legalize cannabis failed , but the state is exploring regulating and decriminalizing delta-9 products and restricting delta-8 products in the 2022 fall session. Does Indiana have a medical cannabis program?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a petition for review of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) response to an attorney’s letter seeking advice and guidance on how a physician could administer psilocybin to a terminally ill patient without incurring liability under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). By Allison Campbell.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. And speaking of CBD, Seyfarth has a program coming up on that topic. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot in Nebraska. There’s now CBD for elephants.

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NORML

JANUARY 15, 2020

He continued: “The fact of the matter is that legalization and regulation work. 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). Douglas Throckmorton, M.D.,

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United Patients Group

APRIL 3, 2023

A recommendation from a physician is simply permission (‘recommendation’) for the patient to use cannabis, which can be obtained in any state where medical marijuana is legal. Although both are legal under state law, there are currently 29 states with legislation allowing for medical cannabis and the District of Columbia.

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