News & Analysis as of

New Legislation › Controlled Substances › Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is Psychedelic Therapy Legislation on the Horizon in Mississippi?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

Mississippi is no stranger to criticism or being the butt of jokes alleging its inability or refusal to adapt with the times. And, while some of these stereotypes have some support, Mississippi is quietly silencing some if...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Maybe So, Maybe Not: Mississippi AG’s Office Opines That Mississippi Law Prohibits Most Consumable Hemp Products While Recognizing...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

All participants of Mississippi’s cannabis industry should take notice of an opinion the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office published on June 11, 2025. The opinion answered three questions Mississippi Rep. Lee Yancey...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Mexico Becomes Third State in the U.S. to Legalize Access to Psilocybin

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On April 7, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law SB-219, the Medical Psilocybin Act (the Act), making New Mexico the third state in the country to create a legal pathway for patients to access...more

King & Spalding

CMS Issues Final 2025 Calendar Year Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

King & Spalding on

On November 1, 2024, CMS issued a rule finalizing changes to Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B policies effective on or after January 1, 2025 (the Final Rule). Section 1848 of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Legalizing LSD? FDA Says Mm-hmm to MM120

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

If you know either of us, you know neither of us would pass up a chance to say, “I told you so.” As we looked ahead to 2024 in January, we speculated that psychedelics could be legalized as a prescription medicine. Now, not...more

Perkins Coie

Psilocybin: Updates in Oregon and Around the Country

Perkins Coie on

Oregon is the first state in the country to offer controlled use of psilocybin to the public. As we detailed in a prior Update, the state had finalized regulations. Now, the state has licensed its first psilocybin service...more

Perkins Coie

Oregon Finalizes New Regulations To Implement Psilocybin Services Act

Perkins Coie on

Oregon became the first state to offer controlled use of psilocybin to the public on January 1, 2023. Psilocybin is a Schedule I psychoactive substance that is illegal at the federal level. Notwithstanding this federal...more

Perkins Coie

Ninth Circuit Rules on Legality of Delta-8 THC Products

Perkins Coie on

On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion holding that Delta-8 THC products are legal at the federal level and eligible for intellectual property protection...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Update on Florida’s Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on

This year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that creates Florida Statute Section 381.02035, which establishes the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program within the Agency for Health Care...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide