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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…

Cannabis Conundrum: Demonstrating “Accepted Medical Use” in a Restricted Research Environment

By Delia Ann Deschaine and Megan Robertson U.S. cannabis businesses operate in an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment. Many, if not most, of those complexities stem from marijuana’s classification in Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. That…

The Emerging Hemp Industry – Government Regulation Can Help Businesses Grow

by Robert Roche Hemp cultivation and processing could be a boon for the struggling farmers and small businesses. Economists estimate consumer demand for the (non-psychoactive) hemp-derived CBD market could reach $22 billion by 2022. While COVID-19 has triggered record high…

Cannabis and Appellate Law Practices Collaborate to Prepare Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court in Challenge to Marijuana’s Schedule I Status

September 23, 2020
Ian Stewart
Policy & Legal
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by: Melissa A. Murphy-Petros, Ian A. Stewart, Neil M. Willner The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the largest cannabis trade association in the United States, and The Arcview Group (Arcview), the cannabis industry's oldest and largest investor network, stepped forth as…

Colorado-Based Hemp Organization Sues DEA

A Colorado-based hemp trade organization is suing the Drug Enforcement Administration over a new laboratory-testing policy that members of the hemp industry fear could hurt future CBD production. The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and RE Botanicals, a hemp-product manufacturer out of…

Here We Go! Feds Sue California for Cannabis Business Records

By Hilary Bricken, Co-Founder, Harris Bricken State legal cannabis businesses are used to the specter of the federal government in the rear view mirrors of their lives and businesses. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that cannabis…

DEA proposes process to expand marijuana research in the United States

PRESS RELEASE Washington: Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice announced action to further expand opportunities for scientific and medical research on marijuana in the United States. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking provides details on the proposed process…

Reading the Tea Leaves: Looking at the History of Hemp and CBD to Predict the Future

By Justin Walsh[1] It’s an exciting time to be in hemp and CBD! I have attended and spoken at several conferences over the last year. I have been in places as diverse as Seattle, Denver, Dallas, and Orlando. The products…

BREAKING NEWS: FDA and USDA Start Making Sense on Hemp CBD

By Daniel Shortt, Attorney @ Harris Bricken According to Hemp Industry Daily reporter Laura Drotleff, it was an eventful week for hemp regulation at the National Association of State Department of Agriculture (NASDA) meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Drotleff reported on two…

Over 500K pot vapes seized in 2 years as busts rise in US

NEW YORK — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120…

Colorado’s MedPharm Clears Significant DEA Hurdle for Federal Cannabis Research License

PRESS RELEASE August 27, 2019 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MedPharm Research, the leader in cannabis research and formulation development, was notified by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that it had been selected to move forward as one of the…

DOJ moves to add more marijuana growers for research

The Justice Department said Monday it would move forward to expand the number of marijuana growers for federally authorized cannabis research. The long-awaited move comes after researchers filed court papers asking a judge to compel the Drug Enforcement Administration to…

Another year passes without approval of new suppliers of marijuana for research

Forgive us if you read our stories on this topic from 2017 and 2018, but here it comes again: Another year has passed since the Drug Enforcement Administration said it was open to approving more suppliers of marijuana for scientific research, and…

New York marijuana: What to know about black-market forces threatening recreational pot

Law enforcement agencies have detailed a variety of ways the marijuana black market circumvents rules and laws that will hurt New York's efforts to control the legalized distribution of the drug. New York’s recreational marijuana battle sits on the front…