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Cannabis Industry Research

The Man Behind DEA’s Federal Marijuana Scam

DEA Senior Policy Adviser Matthew Strait defied presidential mandates for medical research, MMJ International Holdings claims.

January 28, 2025

Cannabis Industry Research

Medical Marijuana Act Signed by Biden Would Hinder Research Under Rescheduling

The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act’s requirements would remain under Schedule III, a congressional researcher says.

September 20, 2024

Cannabis Rescheduling

3 GOP Senators Tell DEA Not to Reschedule Cannabis

Led by former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the senators argue rescheduling would violate an international treaty in letter to DEA administrator.

March 27, 2024

Cannabis Rescheduling

DEA’s 5-Factor Test Makes Rescheduling Cannabis Impossible

After HHS used its own two-part test to determine the plant’s ‘currently accepted medical use,’ rescheduling opponents urge DEA to keep its five-part test.

March 19, 2024

Cannabis Rescheduling

US Congressman Urges DEA to Expedite Rescheduling Cannabis

Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee wrote a letter to Administrator Anne Milgram pushing to initiate the rulemaking process “quickly.”

January 5, 2024

Federal Cannabis Legalization

US Congressman Introduces Bill to Remove Cannabis From CSA, Allow Interstate Commerce, Provide 280E Relief

The legislation has bipartisan support, including from the co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.

December 8, 2023

Cannabis Industry Research

The Impacts of Cannabis Rescheduling: Panelists Weigh In During International Cannabis Bar Association Webinar

Industry legal experts Khurshid Khoja, Amber Littlejohn and Shane Pennington shared insight into what rescheduling could mean for taxes, research and federal enforcement.

September 12, 2023

Colorado

Colorado Governor to President Biden: ‘We Must Do Better’ on Federal Cannabis Reform

Gov. Jared Polis encouraged the president to move swiftly to reschedule cannabis and urged him to not let up on other incremental changes.

September 5, 2023

Interviews & Opinion

Opinion: Rescheduling Is Recriminalizing, Descheduling Is Decriminalizing

President of cannabis genetics company DNA Genetics, Rezwan Khan, weighs in on Biden's cannabis policy reform plan and how rescheduling or descheduling the plant would impact the industry.

August 29, 2023

CBD Industry

Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation Proposes to Congress a Framework for FDA to Regulate CBD

The council submitted a 26-page response to a formal request for information calling for immediate regulation under existing law.

August 23, 2023

CBD Industry

Hemp Numbers Plummet Across the Board in 2022 USDA Acreage and Production Survey

The value of industrial hemp totaled $238 million in 2022, down 71% from $824 million in 2021.

April 28, 2023

CBD Industry

US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Bills to Regulate CBD

The reintroduction of the measures comes after the FDA called on Congress to regulate CBD in dietary supplements, conventional foods and animal products.

March 17, 2023