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What Could Rescheduling Mean for Medical Cannabis Patients?

Canna Care Docs

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will move to reclassify cannabis — a historic shift that could have wide ripple effects across the country. Understanding current drug scheduling for cannabis The DEA classifies drugs, substances, and certain chemicals used to make drugs into five distinct categories or “schedules.”

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One Signature Could Remove Marijuana From Schedule I Tomorrow

Canna Law Blog

drug policy with its international treaty obligations—specifically, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (Single Convention). Yes, the DEA would need to do some light follow-up rulemaking—but that’s been done before , and the Office of Legal Counsel has already signed off on it. No act of Congress. No HHS review. Just a signature.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

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. Yet its advocates tout its ability to help wean users off opioids.

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Lunch & Learn Episode 6: Is Cannabis' "Accepted Medical Use" Political?

Americans for Safe Access

Watch as we explore the significance of the last 12 years in establishing cannabis' "currently accepted medical use" and learn why this matters!

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Number of Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low

NORML

Now its time for Congress to do so by repealing the failed policy of federal marijuana prohibition. The post Number of Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low appeared first on NORML.

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America’s Missed Opportunity in the Global Marijuana Market

Canna Law Blog

Much of it was driven by Germanys newly formed government keeping its quasi-legalization policy intact, even if adult-use trials remain uncertain. As I discussed in The Hidden Potential Winners of Marijuana Rescheduling: DEA-Registered Bulk Manufacturers , U.S. marijuana policy permits only marijuana for research purposes.

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy.

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