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Vast and complex global network The 2023 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report by the U.S. State Department described a “whole of government approach” to drug control and a strategy of deep collaboration and “capacity building” with counterparts in other countries. A vast and complex global network of U.S. government agencies, programs, and activities has been

Foley Hoag have kindly published a simple overview and the dates of the evidentiary hearings After months of uncertainty and what Administrative Law Judge John J. Mulrooney called “spirited motion practice by the Designated Participants,” we finally have some clarity on the path forward toward the potential rescheduling of marijuana. Following a preliminary hearing on

MJ Biz Hemp retailers and growers in Tennessee have filed an 11th-hour legal challenge to halt impending rules that are expected to restrict all THCA products in the state. The Tennessee Healthy Alternatives Association and Tennessee Growers Coalition last week filed complaints against the state’s Department of Agriculture, contending rules requiring hemp product testing conflict with a

[embedded content] Also – further commentary by OR cannabis lawyer Andrew DeWeese Published on Linked In A colleague, Thomas Howard, made a video (link below) recently, claiming that federal circuit court precedent defining “hemp” under federal law was wrongly decided, smacked of judicial activism, and would have former Justice Antonin Scalia rolling over in his

Here’s the update on their annual shindig.. December 10, 2024 – The Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA), a non-partisan, non-profit association of government agencies involved in cannabis, cannabinoid, and hemp regulation, held their 4th Annual Member Meeting in San Diego, California from Dec. 2-5. The meeting was restricted to member government agencies and invited governments and included

Cannabis Business Times The rescheduling hearing will begin Jan. 21, 2025, and run through March 6, according to the Prehearing Ruling signed Dec. 4 by Quinn Fox, staff assistant to the Chief Judge, Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ). The ruling (DEA Docket No. 1362, Hearing Docket No. 24-44) also lays out the hearing schedule

I used an AI generated image from Gencraft for the header image for this upadate  which is a perfect illustration as to why AI has a long way to go. I asked for a generated image of “Regulators Meeting”. I didn’t even bother to write USA because i knew that bias would immediately make it

A Treez software engineer from India who works in the U.S. and provides services to state-legal cannabis businesses was wrongfully denied an H-1B visa, a federal judge ruled on Dec. 3. A California-based company, Treez Inc.’s services include point-of-sale and inventory tracking software solutions for cannabis dispensaries. The lawsuit stems from October 2022, when the U.S. Citizenship