Articles tagged with "DEA"
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Cannabis Tax Attorney: Here’s What to Do If the DEA Reschedules
Leafly Staff - Published on June 22, 2016Read moreA tax attorney addresses cannabis business professionals’ concerns about claims that the DEA plans to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II.
DEA Official Pumps Brakes on Cannabis Rescheduling Announcement
Gage Peake - Published on June 21, 2016Read moreDespite widely circulated media reports that the DEA is planning to effectively legalize medical cannabis this August, a DEA official said no definite decision has been made.
What Would Actually Happen if the DEA Rescheduled Cannabis?
Jeremy Kossen - Published on May 13, 2016Read moreLast month the DEA quietly announced it would make a determination on whether to reschedule cannabis. How likely would a rescheduling be, and what would it mean for the industry?
The Shake: State Dept. Says DEA is Wrong on Cannabis
Ben Adlin - Published on May 6, 2016Read moreOakland wants to be the cannabis capital of California, Obama cuts short 58 prisoners’ sentences, and Jamaica adopts initial regulations to launch the ganja industry.
DEA Finally Approves Study on Cannabis and PTSD
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 21, 2016Read moreThe DEA’s approval means the research, which has been stalled for five years, can move forward. But it’s easier said than done.
The Shake: U.N. Drug Summit Begins With Fireworks, and DEA Science Stinks
Ben Adlin - Published on April 19, 2016Read moreResearchers in California are designing cannabis sobriety tests, D.C. lawmakers ban cannabis cafés, and New Zealand police make an oopsie.
The Shake: The Feds’ Big Eradication Spend and the Massachusetts Smackdown
Ben Adlin - Published on April 15, 2016Read moreMore and more doctors want cannabis to be legal, Mexico’s president is MIA from the U.N. summit, and did someone say, “dragon balls”?
The Shake: Tricky Dick’s Racist Drug War. Also, What’s ‘Biosynthesis’?
Ben Adlin - Published on March 23, 2016Read moreThe Brookings Institution takes on the “medical marijuana mess,” the U.S. Supreme Court deals a blow to a California dispensary, and Washington state issues recall rules.
The Shake: How Much Did Stoner Sloth Cost Taxpayers?
Lisa Rough - Published on February 19, 2016Read moreVermont elected officials are hopping on the legalization train, a former U.S. surgeon general like Bernie’s cannabis plan, and a new report says the DEA is careless with its drugs. It’s the (Friday!) Shake.
Justice Department Shuts Down Major Property Seizure Program
Ben Adlin - Published on December 29, 2015Read moreThe Justice Department will suspend indefinitely one of the most controversial pieces of its asset forfeiture operations.