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DEA Judge Gives Agency One Week To Address Allegations Of Illegal Talks With Marijuana Opponents Amid Rescheduling Process
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge is giving the agency less than a week to respond to recent allegations that it illegally communicated with the prohibitionist group Smart Approaches to ...
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Senate Leader Schumer Will ‘Continue To Push’ For Marijuana Banking Bill Passage This Year, Despite ‘Republican Opposition,’ Staffer Says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remains committed to moving a bipartisan marijuana banking bill during the lame duck session, a senior staffer says—while also confirming that the senator ...
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Trump’s New Attorney General Pick Opposed Legalizing Medical Marijuana In Florida
Only hours after embattled former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam ...
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DEA Judge Denies Agency-Registered Drug Company’s Request To Join Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge has denied a request from a drug development company to participate in an upcoming marijuana rescheduling hearing, deferring to the head of the agency ...
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Marijuana Has ‘No Significant Harmful Effects’ On Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Study Shows
A new study of more than 5,000 men whom researchers evaluated over the course of 44 years found “no significant harmful effects of cannabis use on age-related cognitive decline.” In fact, the report ...
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Congressional Lawmakers Push Biden To Build On Marijuana Pardons With Expanded Clemency Effort Before He Leaves Office
A coalition of 67 Democratic members of Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to expand on his executive clemency work in the final months of his term, citing his past marijuana pardons as an ...
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FDA Approves Long-Awaited Clinical Trial Of Smoked Marijuana To Treat PTSD In Veterans
After years of delays, researchers are set to move forward on a landmark clinical trial meant to evaluate the efficacy of smoked medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in ...
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DEA Should Be Removed From Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing After Illegally Conspiring With Prohibitionists, Legal Filing Says
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge is being asked to remove the agency from its role in an upcoming hearing on the Biden administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal, with a new legal ...
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Three New Jersey Municipalities Will Offer Medical Marijuana Benefits To Public Workers, An Apparent First In The U.S.
In what appears to be a first for public workers in the U.S., medical marijuana coverage is being added as a healthcare benefit for employees in three New Jersey municipalities, providing access to ...
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Georgia Senate Committee Recommends $5 Million Investment To Research Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy For PTSD
A study committee in Georgia’s Senate is recommending that the state earmark as much as $5 million to fund research into how psychedelic substances such as MDMA and psilocybin might be used to treat ...
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Texas GOP Attorney General Sues To Overturn Voter-Approved Marijuana Decriminalization Law In Dallas
The Republican attorney general of Texas has already filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a local marijuana decriminalization ordinance in Dallas that voters passed at the ballot earlier this month.
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Kentucky Doctors Can Start Issuing Medical Marijuana Recommendations To Patients Next Month, Governor Announces
Starting on December 1, qualified patients in Kentucky will be able to receive a doctor’s recommendation to access medical marijuana, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) announced on Thursday. Under a law the ...