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DEA Sets Stage For Marijuana Rescheduling With December 2 Hearing
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - 1:42pm | 720The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will hold its first hearing on December 2 to address the Biden administration’s proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The hearing, announced through a public advisory on November 26...
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GOP Lawmakers Condemn Cannabis Rescheduling, One Calls Legal Weed 'Immoral Industry'
Monday, July 29, 2024 - 1:06pm | 551Major pushback against the Biden administration’s proposal to reschedule marijuana is underway as several GOP Congress members escalate their inquiries into what they perceive as an “unusual” review process, while a California House rep goes even further. What Happened: House...
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Nearly 1 Million Illegal Cannabis Plants Seized In California, State AG Bonta Responds With New EPIC Plan
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 8:15am | 900California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new approach Thursday to eliminating illegal cannabis farms after this year’s eradication program seized almost one million marijuana plants. Under the broader approach to resolving illicit grows, the annual Campaign Against...
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New Bipartisan Bill Aims To Crack Down On Illegal Cannabis Grows & Use Of Dangerous Pesticides
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - 12:06pm | 954Congress members Scott Peters (D-CA) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) introduced legislation on Monday that seeks to crack down on the use of banned pesticides on illegal marijuana grows on public land. The bill called the Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants...
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California County Sheriff Calls For State Of Emergency Over Illegal Cannabis Grows, Seeks Federal Funding
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 3:25pm | 662The Sheriff’s Office of the Siskiyou County in the northernmost part of California is asking state and federal regulators to come and see firsthand the problems illicit cannabis cultivation is bringing to the county, reported KRCR abc. On Monday ...
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AOC's Amendment To Allow Federal Research Into Benefits Of Psychedelics Rejected By House Again
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 9:10am | 747The U.S. House of Representatives voted down an amendment Tuesday filed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that sought to remove constraints to researching the therapeutic potential of psychedelic mushrooms, MDMA, psilocybin and ibogaine. The amendment was rejected...