Articles tagged with "DEA"

A brief history and guide to the process of rescheduling cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act (and who can make it happen).

“This is just about the grayest of gray areas as far as federal law and policy,” said Vincent Sliwoski, a cannabis attorney and law professor. “I think the DEA’s even confused about it.”

According to the DEA, authorities confiscated more than 5.3 million cannabis plants in 2016—nearly twice what was seized a year earlier.

The Obama-era appointee had clashed with the Trump administration on a number of issues.

Federal applications to grow cannabis for research purposes have languished as Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department fails to act on them.

At its core is the assertion that the government’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I substance is so “irrational” as to be unconstitutional.

The DEA just updated its “drug slang” list, and it makes us wonder if somebody’s punking the agency. Seriously, “Smoochy Woochy Poochy”?

“Marijuana is not medicine,” according to Chuck Rosenberg, the DEA’s acting chief, who made the comment Thursday during a speech at the Cleveland Clinic.

CBD laws vary from state to state, and while the DEA considers it illegal under federal law, CBD products remain available for sale in health supplement shops and organic food stores.

His Valentine’s Day lunch at the White House may have been more than just lunch.