DEA’s pot ruling slammed by lawmakers, doctors, advocates
The Drug Enforcement Administration is enduring perhaps the most pronounced round of criticism in its 43 year-history, after a widely discredited decision last week to keep treating marijuana as the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton campaign plans to reschedule marijuana
If elected, Hillary Clinton says she plans to do what the DEA has failed to achieve this year by downgrading marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I substance. A policy advisor to the Democratic...
View ArticleNew DEA rules aim to outlaw medicinal marijuana CBD extracts
A new drug code established by the Drug Enforcement Agency seeks to acknowledge the medicinal compound cannabidiol (CBD) as an illegal drug just as dangerous as heroin. The DEA filed a notice on...
View ArticleDEA removes false marijuana facts from website
Facing a potential legal battle, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has taken action to remove inaccurate facts on marijuana from their government website. The federal agency took down several...
View ArticleMarijuana raids account for more fatalities than weed itself
While a DEA fact sheet reads, “No death from overdose of marijuana has been reported,” the same cannot be said about law enforcement raids dealing with pot. According to data compiled by the New York...
View ArticleCalifornia introduces bill to block police from assisting federal raids on...
Fearing the recent anti-marijuana comments made by members of the Trump administration, a group of California lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sure state law enforcement doesn’t end up working...
View ArticleDEA reports no overdoses related to marijuana
Despite the Drug Enforcement Administration’s stance against marijuana, the federal agency concedes that nobody has ever died from taking too much. In their 2017 resource guide titled Drugs of Abuse,...
View ArticleDEA proposes for more marijuana, less opioids in 2019
Two federal agencies hope to reduce the nation’s opioid epidemic with the help of legal cannabis. In a news release issued by the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration,...
View ArticleDEA reschedules epilepsy drug derived from marijuana
A drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) containing an ingredient found in cannabis will be reclassified for medical use. The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday placed...
View ArticleDEA is looking for workers to burn one thousand pounds of marijuana per hour
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has plans to light up tons of weed in a manner that won’t get anybody high. A notice issued by the DEA’s Houston Division seeks a group of workers willing...
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