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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see two federal bills involving legalization. A lawsuit against the DEA has been dropped. Nebraska’s...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we give you an update on the DEA re-scheduling hearing. ...more
A few weeks ago, someone at a holiday party asked “Whitt, why doesn’t Budding Trends take on the weighty legal issues of the day and instead resort to cheap pop culture references and puns?” I thought about responding with a...more
2024 was a banner year for cannabis lawmakers and business operators. From Kamala Harris advocating for marijuana reforms to California’s clash of titans between hemp and marijuana markets, there was no shortage of drama in...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have an update on the North Dakota ballot initiative. We see Delaware making progress on licensing....more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have some analysis of the comments on rescheduling cannabis, now that the comment period has ended. We...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, North Carolina considers a medical marijuana bill. Pennsylvania makes noises about legalizing adult-use....more
Introduction - The medicinal and recreational use and popularity of marijuana has continuously grown throughout the U.S. since Oregon became the first state to decriminalize marijuana in 1973. To date, thirty-eight states...more
On April 30, 2024, the US Department of Justice recommended that cannabis be rescheduled as a Schedule III controlled substance, a classification shared by prescription drugs such as ketamine and Tylenol with codeine....more
A major update in cannabis law was announced by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Attorney General (AG) this past Tuesday, April 30, 2024 regarding their intent to ease restrictions on cannabis. The DEA plans to...more
After months of anticipation following the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recommendation to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, we finally have insight into the...more
In a recent historic announcement, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has determined that cannabis, which is currently categorized as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), should be rescheduled to...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We see some movement on setting up a retail market in Virginia. Senate Democrats would like to see less re-scheduling...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we note that HHS released the full text of its report on cannabis rescheduling. ...more
I split my time between Los Angeles and Milwaukee these days (I’m eligible to practice law in Wisconsin), and I often find myself working from my firm’s Milwaukee office depending on the month. Wisconsin is an incredibly...more
Of course, what’s happening in the cannabis world is what’s happening everywhere else: the coronavirus. We’ve got lots to report on how the pandemic is affecting marijuana, but let’s start with other news first. ...more
Let’s start off with the DEA. On Monday, they released a proposed rule to expand marijuana research. For the first time, more than one institution would be permitted to register with the agency and grow cannabis. The...more
To cap or not to cap, that was the question facing the state of Florida this week. Lawmakers wrestled with the issue of capping THC content in medical marijuana for those patients under the age of 21. The Senate Rules...more
The legality of marijuana (also known as cannabis) has been a popular topic in recent years with thirty states and the District of Columbia having laws that legalize marijuana in some form. However, under federal law,...more
Cultivation, production, distribution, or possession of marijuana is a federal criminal offense under the Controlled Substances Act (the CSA). Yet, despite federal prohibition, state-sanctioned marijuana industries have...more
Although California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, cities have differed widely in their response to medical marijuana dispensaries. Recently, Newport Beach joined Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Anaheim and Rancho Santa...more
The current and two immediate past presidents have smoked it. As one leading expert commented during a congressional hearing, perhaps “marijuana is a gateway drug to the White House?” Medical marijuana is now legal in...more