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Cannabis Rescheduling and the Demise of Section 280E

November 2, 2023
Steven Schain
Federal
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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…

Marijuana rescheduling falls short of expectations on Biden

The Biden administration’s recommendation last week for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reschedule marijuana marked one of its most significant steps related to the president’s ambitious campaign promise to decriminalize cannabis use. But advocates and policy experts say rescheduling…

Three Myths and Three Facts on the HUGE Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation

September 1, 2023
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Federal
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By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken Huge news yesterday. Huge! The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has officially recommended that marijuana be rescheduled, from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This means that the…

Slightly higher times: Biden administration moves to loosen weed restrictions

August 30, 2023
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Spotlight
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The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising…

DEA chief grilled on Biden’s plans to deschedule marijuana

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) demanded further information from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) about its plan to remove marijuana from the list of Schedule 1 drugs during a House Judiciary hearing Thursday. DEA Administrator Anne…

So Long for THCA Products

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Ever since Congress passed the Agricultural Improvements Act of 2018 (or 2018 Farm Bill), people have tried to find creative ways to sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. One example of this is THCA products,…

Can I Import Marijuana Seeds to the U.S.?

By Adams Lee and Vince Sliwoski, Attornies at Harris Bricken We’ve recently received a number of inquiries about whether it is legal to import marijuana seeds into the United States. These are seeds derived from marijuana plants that have a…

Deschedule Cannabis, Don’t Reschedule It: Part 2

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Last week, I wrote a piece entitled “Deschedule Cannabis, Don’t Reschedule It.” The post came on the heels of President Joe Biden’s announcement that the federal government is considering the federal scheduling of…

Deschedule Cannabis, Don’t Reschedule It

By Griffen Thorne On October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced a retroactive pardon for simple possession of marijuana. He also announced that the federal government will review marijuana’s federal scheduling. His announcement suggests that the federal government may reschedule…

Is Delta-8 THC a Controlled Substance? Yes. No. Maybe.

By Nathalie Bougenies, Attorney at Harris Bricken As anticipated, Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (“Delta-8 THC”) has become the hottest, most flourishing cannabinoid currently found on the U.S. market. In the past few months, the sales of Delta-8 THC products have exploded, representing the…

Hemp Banking for Credit Unions: Five Key Questions

January 6, 2021
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Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Hemp Industry News
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By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken One of the coolest things we’ve done here at Harris Bricken was work with the National Credit Union Association on its June 2020 guidance for servicing hemp-related businesses. Back when we first started…

Hemp Litigation: Does Qualified Immunity Protect Law Enforcement Who Wrongly Destroy Hemp?

By Jesse Mondry, Attorney at Harris Bricken Earlier this fall, several news outlets reported on a lawsuit alleging that federal and state law enforcement agencies in California wrongfully destroyed a hemp grow worth more than $3 million. (See here, and…

The Good The Bad and The Ugly, What Europe Can Learn from the U.S. and Canadian Cannabis Industries

November 9, 2020
Michael Sassano
Europe, Op-Ed
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Europe has a lot to learn from the U.S. and Canada as it transforms: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Cannabis not only has proven medical benefits but financial benefits to both consumers and countries that benefit from greater…

Congress Takes Issue with the (Awful) DEA Hemp Rule

by Nathalie Bougenies, Attorney@ Harris Bricken The hemp industry is not the only one that’s pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s hemp Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”). If you read this blog, you’ll recall the hemp industry sued…

Chaos and cannabis

A massive hemp empire is accused of growing illegal marijuana and sowing violence on the Navajo Nation SHIPROCK, N.M. — In the fertile northeast corner of the Navajo Nation, fields that only months ago were traditional open-air corn farms are…

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