Schedule 3 Marijuana Alert: DEA Publishes NPRM

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell On May 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA“) published its 92-page notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM“) to move marijuana from schedule 1 on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule 3 (ironically, the…

DEA Will Reschedule Cannabis to a Schedule III Drug: What Happens Now?

By Hilary Bricken, Steve Levine & Marshall Custer The biggest legal shift in the cannabis industry in decades just occurred on the heels of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposal today for cannabis rescheduling. Specifically, as many anticipated, the DEA will exercise its authority…

BOLO: Cannabis Qui Tam Actions

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell Due to federal illegality, the cannabis industry has long been plagued by federal agencies taking a variety of different enforcement approaches to cannabis businesses. From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to the National Labor Relations…

CDTFA Cannabis Creditor: Myths and Truths

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell Dealing with creditors is never a fun experience. However, some creditors are more severe than others, especially in the cannabis industry. One of those is the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration…

Cannabis Corporate Playbooks

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell If you’re in house counsel at any company, you’re likely looking to cut down on the day to day, high volume minutia posed by a variety of commercial agreements and transactions that come…

What’s in Your “THC Beverages”?

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell In November of last year, we wrote about how Total Wine & More jumped into the cannabis drinks arena in Minnesota. Since then (and probably before that), there’s been an influx of “THC…

All the Outcomes of a Marijuana Reschedule

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell Between linkedin, twitter, the media, and diehard marijuana investors, there is more noise and froth in the industry about a marijuana reschedule than I’ve seen since Washington and Colorado legalized back in 2012. When…

HHS Marijuana Recommendation Now on Blast

January 16, 2024
Hilary Bricken
Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Federal, Policy & Legal
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By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell In October 2022, President Biden asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Attorney General to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. In August 2023, the HHS marijuana…

Top Cannabis Scams of 2023

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell Overall, 2023 was a tough economic year for the entire cannabis industry. And with lean economic times comes a myriad of bad behavior, and cannabis is no exception. Every year, I like to…

Cannabis Litigation Alert: Commerce Clause Back on Blast

By Hilary Bricken Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration that cannabis be rescheduled on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) from a I to a III. At the same time, the SAFER Banking…

Marijuana as Schedule III: Woe is Me?

By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that a pretty historic announcement was made last week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS officially recommended that marijuana be…

California Cannabis Repeal? A Humboldt County Study

By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken It’s no secret that the cannabis industry is on a steep decline in a variety of states, including California. We have time and again written about the specific woes plaguing the California cannabis…

Cannabis Investment and the NBA

By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken In case you missed it, professional players on teams in the National Basketball Association are getting a free and clear opportunity to take advantage of the cannabis industry through cannabis investments. As a…

Cannabis Litigation to Watch

By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken As the cannabis economy tanks (with the exception of states that just came online for medical and/or adult-use), cannabis litigation is picking up. Most of this litigation revolves around partnership disputes, unpaid bills, breached contracts,…

Schedule 3 Marijuana Alert: DEA Publishes NPRM

DEA Will Reschedule Cannabis to a Schedule III Drug: What Happens Now?

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Cannabis Corporate Playbooks

What’s in Your “THC Beverages”?

All the Outcomes of a Marijuana Reschedule

HHS Marijuana Recommendation Now on Blast

Top 10 Questions About Cannabis Law in 2024

Top Cannabis Scams of 2023

Cannabis Litigation Alert: Commerce Clause Back on Blast

Marijuana as Schedule III: Woe is Me?

California Cannabis Repeal? A Humboldt County Study

Cannabis Investment and the NBA

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