Marijuana Rescheduling: Delays, Adverse Participants… It’s All Good

By Vince Sliwoski, Last Thursday, we learned that the DEA’s marijuana rescheduling hearings are delayed until early next year. We also saw the list of 25 participants invited by the DEA to testify at those hearings. The takeaways here are:…

The real cannabis policy power lies beyond the Oval Office

November 1, 2024
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By Steph Sherar, As the presidential candidates’ positions on cannabis policy make the headlines, it’s important to remember that the real power to shape cannabis laws doesn’t reside in the Oval Office. Over the years, advocates have fought for patients’…

America’s Embrace of Marijuana

October 25, 2024
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Why public opinion has changed so quickly. Twelve years ago, mainstream politicians opposed marijuana legalization. Recreational use was forbidden even in the most liberal states. Today, even conservative states are considering the policy — including North Dakota, South Dakota and…

Kamala Harris promises full marijuana legalization – is that a gamechanger?

October 21, 2024
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The Democrat says she will end cannabis prohibition and seek to help Black men profit from the industry if elected Kamala Harris announced on Monday that if elected president, she would fully legalize adult recreational cannabis on the federal level – the first…

The Power of the Down-Ballot: Why local races are crucial to cannabis legalization

October 2, 2024
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By Derek Ross, CEO of Nova Farms As we approach another pivotal election season, much of the national focus is, understandably, on the presidential race. It’s the headline-grabber, the showstopper. However, if you are invested in the future of cannabis…

DEA Delays Marijuana Rescheduling Decision Until After The Election

The Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled a hearing on the Biden administration’s proposal to reclassify marijuana under federal drug laws, effectively delaying the decision until after the November election. The agency scheduled a hearing on the proposed rule change for…

Republicans lodge last-ditch protest against marijuana rescheduling

Republicans are making a last push against the finalization of the Biden administration’s move to reschedule marijuana, despite advocates saying the fight isn’t worth the effort. The White House in May began the formal rulemaking process to move marijuana from Schedule I of the…

Nebraska AG Hilgers joins opposition to reclassifying weed as less-dangerous drug

July 24, 2024
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Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers sent a letter this week from 11 red states arguing that the Biden administration should not reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to the lesser classification of Schedule III. The attorneys general from Alabama,…

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses federal effort to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

July 18, 2024
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The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug won an endorsement Wednesday from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who said “the jury is no longer out” on its medical uses as an alternative to opioids that ravaged the Bluegrass…

Heads Up! DEA Wants to Hear from You on Marijuana Rescheduling by July 22

By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner, Harris Sliwoski In case you haven’t heard, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants to hear from you on marijuana rescheduling. Specifically, DEA invites your comments on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to move both marijuana and…

House Lawmakers Vote To Block Federal Marijuana Rescheduling

July 12, 2024
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The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved legislation to block the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to reschedule marijuana and ease restrictions on the drug under federal law. The Republican-led panel approved an amendment to a funding bill that blocks the…

F*** the Treaties: Rescheduling and “Marijuana-Specific Controls”

May 25, 2024
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By Vince Śliwowski, Managing Partner, Harris Sliwoski Marijuana-specific controls in schedule III? The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) last week to much fanfare. The NOPR would reschedule marijuana, “marijuana extract” and “naturally derived delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinols” from…

Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes.…

Cannabis Rescheduling: A Potential Watershed Moment That Comes with Many As-Yet Unanswered Questions for the Marijuana Industry

By Jean Smith-Gonnell and Michael Lafleur The impending reclassification of cannabis to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act could have implications for the entire cannabis industry. There a multitude of questions that have arisen since the Department…

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…

Marijuana Rescheduling: Delays, Adverse Participants… It’s All Good

The real cannabis policy power lies beyond the Oval Office

America’s Embrace of Marijuana

Kamala Harris promises full marijuana legalization – is that a gamechanger?

The Power of the Down-Ballot: Why local races are crucial to cannabis legalization

DEA Delays Marijuana Rescheduling Decision Until After The Election

Republicans lodge last-ditch protest against marijuana rescheduling

Nebraska AG Hilgers joins opposition to reclassifying weed as less-dangerous drug

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses federal effort to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

Heads Up! DEA Wants to Hear from You on Marijuana Rescheduling by July 22

House Lawmakers Vote To Block Federal Marijuana Rescheduling

F*** the Treaties: Rescheduling and “Marijuana-Specific Controls”

Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

Cannabis Rescheduling: A Potential Watershed Moment That Comes with Many As-Yet Unanswered Questions for the Marijuana Industry

Schedule 3 Marijuana Alert: DEA Publishes NPRM

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