The Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) filed suit… in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking for a review of DEA’s scheduling determinations in 2020, 2016 and 1992… they… argue that another statutory policy DEA says necessitates marijuana being strictly controlled is unconstitutional. In terms of valid therapeutic value, the agency (DEA) has said there…
It has come to… attention that quite a few people have recently received packages with notices from Homeland Security informing them that contraband has been seized and to expect another notice. You are not legally required to appear anywhere, nor are you required to speak to law enforcement. In addition, you are not required to…
Canopy CEO Mark Zukelin stated last month that “the IP moat around our business” is one of the company’s greatest competitive advantages… cannabis companies in Canada are acting like biotech firms. Canopy already has 110 patents, and more than 290 patent applications. Their Intellectual Property (IP) strategy includes patents connected to vaping technology, to marijuana…
There [is less than one week] left for people to submit comments… As it stands, DEA’s proposal stipulates that applicants can be denied if they’ve violated the federal Controlled Substances Act—something all existing state-legal marijuana cultivation businesses have technically done. “Making the rules even more complicated by adding another step just inflates the DEA coffers…
While the FDA can eventually approve the use of GMP psilocybin for one indication or another… …“magic mushrooms”can never be approved (if for no other reason than the concentration of psilocybin and related compounds varies widely in mushroom)… must go through all the regulatory pathways that any other novel chemical entity might have to clear.…
No matter who or where we are, we are witnessing something no one has ever seen. The first topic of conversation everywhere on the planet seems to be that no one knows what’s going to happen… surety and predictability have vanished into thin air. We are being asked to make sacrifices: to isolate ourselves, to…
Borrowers who are not licensed to grow hemp will be considered in non-monetary default and any losses will not be covered … [Also] hemp that contains more than 0.3 percent THC must be disposed of under the department’s rules. “While it’s understood that this new commodity will likely produce some servicing challenges because of State…
A New York lawmaker recently introduced a bill to decriminalize psilocybin… by removing the main active ingredient from the state’s list of controlled substances. “Many cities, including Denver, CO, Santa Cruz, CA, and Oakland, CA, have already decriminalized the use and possession of psilocybin, and New York should do the same,” it continues. “With the…
Unanimous verdicts are required under the Constitution, regardless of how many “convictions” have rested on 10-2 or 11-1 votes … Oregonians might like to think they are better in this regard, as they live in a liberal state that talks up human rights. But a closer look shows that the actual practices of the state’s prosecutors bear…
…licensed to package and sell kratom by the Oregon Department of Agriculture… that agency, unlike its equivalent in Colorado, treats kratom like food. The federal government displays even more antipathy toward kratom, regularly issuing warnings about the product’s alleged addictive qualities even as advocates tout it as both a pain reliever and a tool to help opioid users kick…
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