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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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Scientists Sue DEA as it Drags its Feet and Hampers Cannabis Research

WeedAdvisor

Despite mounting evidence into cannabis’ therapeutic benefits, the DEA continues to close its eyes and plug its ears, constantly claiming that there is not enough research to support its medicinal value, according to Marijuana Moment. It could be argued that the DEA is hesitant for the sake of public safety. A Vicious Circle.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

For some perspective on the matter, Project CBD turned to Marc Scialdone, a molecular chemist with Saint Michaels College in Vermont, who co-authored a 2023 paper for the International Cannabinoid Research Society ( ICRS ) entitled The Dark Side of Cannabidiol. “The market crashed. Devitt expresses serious safety concerns.

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

NORML

Currently, the sole federally licensed producer of cannabis for clinical research is the University of Mississippi. ” The agency said that the policy change was necessary because the existing system provided “no clear legal pathway for commercial enterprises to produce marijuana for product development.”

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

MJ Business Attorneys

Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. The FDA can make recommendations to the DEA about substances subjected to scheduling under the CSA, but the DEA is the entity with the power to reschedule CBD. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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Check out ASA's May Newsletter!

Americans for Safe Access

Information on research steps from NIDA and DEA, House progress on SAFE Banking and other key bills, Developments in Alabama and Mississippi a call to action for veterans and a profile of ASA's 2021 Researcher of the Year, Philippe Lucas.

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New U.S. Research Efforts Could Catalyze Medical Cannabis’ Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Veriheal

federal government is granting a handful of American companies the option to cultivate and study cannabis for medical research purposes. Groff North America is proud to be producing research-grade marijuana, so we can continue growing the field of cannabis-based medicine,” reads an official statement from the company’s website.