The Drug Enforcement Administration agency gave no clue whether it will remove pot from its Schedule 1 category of dangerous drugs. This article from The Huffington Post discusses the likelihood of marijuana being reclassified in the first half of 2016. The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to decide whether marijuana should reclassified under federal law in “the first ... Continue Reading
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DEA Eases CBD Research Requirements
CBD researchers can breathe a little easier now that the DEA has streamlined the CBD research process for ongoing scientific studies. This post from Forbes highlights the impact of this decision on research companies. Christmas came early for cannabis research scientists. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) decided to ease some of the regulatory requirements that had been ... Continue Reading
Congress Wants to Halve DEA’s Cannabis Eradication Funds
DEA’s Cannabis Eradication Program is in hot water with 12 House members pushing for stripping half of its funds away. This post from The Cannabist turns the spot light on the many ways DEA has come under fire this year. The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year. The chief of the agency stepped down in April under a cloud of scandal. The acting ... Continue Reading
Sanders Wants Marijuana Removed from Fed’s List of Scheduled Drugs
Bernie Sanders has called for marijuana to be removed from the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of scheduled drugs. This article from The Washington Post discusses the impact his call for reclassification of the drug is likely to have. Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced his support Wednesday for removing marijuana from a list of the most dangerous drugs ... Continue Reading
DEA Agrees Marijuana Safer Than Heroin
Even though marijuana is still classified alongside heroin and LSD as a schedule 1 drug, DEA seems to be shifting its stand, just slightly, on marijuana. This post from TIME reports how the new DEA chief has finally admitted what people have known for years. The DEA chief had said pot is "probably not" as bad as heroin, but that he was "not an expert" The head of the ... Continue Reading