The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has again rejected a petition to reschedule psilocybin and a doctor’s request for a federal waiver to obtain and administer the psychedelic to terminally ill patients, prompting a new set of legal challenges in federal court. Sunil Aggarwal, a Washington State-based palliative care specialist, has been fighting DEA for psilocybin […]
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Washington DC is now allowing visitors to buy medical marijuana without an out-of-state MMJ registration, a change that could increase business for dispensaries in the district. The move – the result of Mayor Muriel Bowser signing new legislation into law on Oct. 17 – could potentially boost medical marijuana sales in the District of Columbia. […]
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Pennsylvania real estate company Regent Development is suing Curaleaf Holdings, alleging the cannabis multistate operator breached a lease agreement on a commercial property. Regent alleges in the lawsuit that Massachusetts-headquartered Curaleaf deliberately failed to secure licensing and regulatory approval to operate a dispensary on the property in question after acquiring another company that already had […]
Using a bioreactor, a company in Israel cloned hemp cells to culture them into a powdery biomass that contains all of cannabis’s active compounds and can be dialed up to 12 times the potency. Not to be confused with the horticultural practice of cloning, Rehovot, Israel-based BioHarvest Sciences is cloning at the cellular level. One […]
The top cannabis regulator in Michigan said Tuesday that the state is planning to “expose” businesses operating in the legal marijuana market that have engaged in illicit practices and sold illegal products. The Detroit News reported that Brian Hanna, the acting director of the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency, told assembled media that “the agency is […]
More than two-thirds of Americans are in favor of legalizing small amounts of cannabis for personal use, according to the results of a poll released on Monday. The new Monmouth University poll also showed broad support for President Joseph Biden’s recent executive order to pardon federal convictions for low-level marijuana possession and found that most […]
German legislators have officially presented plans for the country to decriminalize cannabis sales and possession. According to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach who spoke at a press conference in Berlin on Oct. 26, the legalization proposal will next be sent to the European Union (EU) Executive Commission to ensure that it meets current EU standards, followed […]
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Michigan is homing in on illicit marijuana being sold via legal channels after steady complaints from the licensed industry. According to the Detroit News, the director of the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) said the bureau is taking steps to expose law breakers and make an example for other regulated businesses. ADVERTISEMENT The regulators are […]