A key U.S. Senate committee says that cannabis' current federal classification of schedule 1 blocks scientific research on its effects. But despite the seeming concern about the effect of state legalization, the panel's criticism of Schedule I's roadblocks to marijuana research provides more momentum to the effort to reclassify cannabis under federal law. This post from Forbes, ... Continue Reading
Controlled Substances Act
A Broad-Sweeping Bill Introduced to De-Schedule Cannabis
A bill to remove marijuana from the controlled substances list was just introduced. This post from The Motley Fool discusses how this bill would do more than simply de-schedule cannabis. Don't blink, otherwise you might miss huge changes in the North American cannabis industry. Since June of last year, Mexico has legalized medical cannabis, Vermont gave the OK for adult-use ... Continue Reading
Hemp Legalization Bill That’ll Modernize Federal Laws
Senator Mitch McConnell introduced a new bill to remove industrial hemp from the Controlled Substances Act. Read more about the hemp legalization bill in this post from Forbes. The most powerful Republican on Capitol Hill just filed a bill to radically change federal laws that currently make cannabis illegal for all purposes. While new legislation introduced by Senate ... Continue Reading
Judge Dismisses the Cannabis Scheduling Lawsuit
A judge dismissed the landmark case to overturn the schedule 1 status of cannabis, applying the “exhaustion rule” of administrative remedies. Read more in this post from Leafly. Less than two weeks after hearing oral arguments in the case of Washington v. Sessions, which challenged the federal government’s scheduling of cannabis, a federal judge on Monday dismissed the ... Continue Reading
Is Federal Marijuana Legalization On 2018’s Horizon?
US House will discuss federal marijuana legalization during the 2018 session to bring federal marijuana policy in line with the wishes of the people. And the people definitely want legal weed. Read more, in this post from The Fresh Toast, about the bold proposal designed to drag marijuana out of the pits of prohibition. Federal lawmakers are hoping to drag marijuana out of ... Continue Reading