President Biden Needs Cannabis To Win In 2024. Here’s Why. January 25, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments A recent poll found positive impressions of President Biden improve by double-digits if he reschedules cannabis. The youth rejoiced when President Biden pushed through hard-fought financial aid in the form an additional $5 billion in student loan forgiveness. This move will offer relief… Read More→
HHS Marijuana Recommendation Now on Blast January 16, 2024 Hilary Bricken Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Federal, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
House Republicans Investigating Spread Of Chinese-Backed Marijuana Farms In United States January 15, 2024 AggregatedNews China, Federal 0 Comments Top House Republicans are requesting a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Agency on the spread of illegal Chinese-backed marijuana farms across the United States. The letter from House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, Rep.… Read More→
Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana January 13, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Marijuana is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive category of drugs, federal scientists have concluded. The recommendations are… Read More→
SCOTUS Denies Certiorari to Dispensary Owner Seeking Citizenship (UPDATED) January 10, 2024 Tom Hymes Federal, Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Lost among the many, many cases denied certiorari by the United States Supreme Court in its order list for the week of Monday, January 8, 2024 was Reimers V. U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services, a case the plaintiff was desperately… Read More→
Federal agency quashes Georgia’s plan to let pharmacies sell medical marijuana December 18, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal, Georgia 0 Comments Federal drug officials are warning Georgia to shelve its plans to be the first state to allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana products. News outlets report that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Nov. 27 warned pharmacies that dispensing medical marijuana violates… Read More→
Governors Urge Biden To Reschedule Marijuana By The End Of This Year December 6, 2023 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments The governors of six states have jointly written a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to ensure marijuana is rescheduled by the end of this year. The letter, signed by the governors of Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey,… Read More→
Federal Law Requires a Choice: Marijuana or a Gun? November 29, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments For Vera Cooper, the time had come to buy a gun. In her mid-70s at the time and widowed several years earlier, she was already feeling vulnerable, living by herself. Then came the tipping point: The plumbing business that Ms.… Read More→
When the New Frontier of rescheduling comes, what can Cannabis cultivators learn from microbreweries? November 29, 2023 Dave McManus Accounting, Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Federal 0 Comments By Dave McManus With the drive to federalization starting to accelerate, momentum is building around rescheduling cannabis. This would bring a host of changes that are frequently discussed, such as easier access to capital, banking, and the removal of 280E.… Read More→
Despite legalization, cannabis can still have legal impact for immigrants who aren’t U.S. citizens November 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal, Minnesota 0 Comments Cannabis is legal for adults 21 and older to use and possess in Minnesota. However, it is still illegal under federal law and legal experts say the distinction is important for immigrants who are not yet U.S. citizens. Julia Decker, policy director… Read More→
Loosening restrictions on marijuana may not be boon for reform November 23, 2023 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments Federal authorities are weighing whether to stop classifying marijuana among the riskiest drugs, a move that cannabis advocates have long hoped would result in more research on its health effects, businesses having an easier time selling it and fewer people… Read More→
Ohio’s weed win brings new attention to feds and marijuana use November 20, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal, Ohio 0 Comments Recreational marijuana’s strong victory in red-state Ohio last week means legalized cannabis will soon be available to more than half the U.S. population. But current and potential federal employees and contractors are not allowed to indulge, no matter where they live. Despite… Read More→
Cannabis Rescheduling and the Demise of Section 280E November 2, 2023 Steven Schain Federal 0 Comments By Steven Schain Although the final decision rests with the DEA, if cannabis is reclassified to Schedule III, marijuana growers, processors, transporters or sellers (marijuana-related businesses or MRBs) will cease being encumbered by onerous operating and taxing obstacles to become… Read More→
Cannabis Litigation Alert: Commerce Clause Back on Blast October 30, 2023 Hilary Bricken Federal, Interstate Commerce, Spotlight 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Weed wins galvanize Capitol Hill’s anti-cannabis club October 23, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Legalization skeptics have scored some recent victories thwarting marijuana bills. Fighting weed legalization on Capitol Hill can feel like a lonely struggle these days. Marijuana is just as popular as ever. More than half of Americans now live in states… Read More→