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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, the Supreme Court will considering hearing a case involving guns and cannabis....more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that the DEA’s rescheduling hearing is still pending. Germany’s cannabis program is likely to...more
The use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 39 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. Some studies suggest that medical cannabis may help treat various...more
Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. In this edition of the buzz,...more
The much-anticipated hearings on the proposed rulemaking to reschedule cannabis, which were scheduled to begin on January 21, have been postponed for at least three months as a result of an appeal granted by DEA...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
With Republicans’ new trifecta of control over the White House, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, it’s likely federal marijuana policy will change. But what could – or should – federal marijuana policy look like...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week looks a lot like our last post – updates on the DEA re-scheduling process and on the Nebraska ballot...more
In an April 2023 blog post, we questioned the constitutionality of Mississippi’s regulations that restrict medical cannabis businesses from advertising. And, in that post, we observed that challenging those regulations under...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we check in on the Nebraska ballot initiative situation. We have a status report on the DEA res-scheduling...more
There’s a great scene towards the end of The Shawshank Redemption – which Budding Trend readers know is one of the greatest films ever made – where the character played by Tim Robbins encourages the Morgan Freeman character:...more
In a non-public letter sent earlier last week, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that marijuana be re-classified under the Controlled Substances...more
Navigating the cannabis industry’s legal landscape in the United States is like moving through an ever-evolving maze, especially in the world of intellectual property. As more states legalize cannabis for medical and...more
In May, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to transfer cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), a change that could significantly affect current...more
The legal landscape relating to the permissible use of medical marijuana in the United States is evolving rapidly, presenting employers with a complex legal environment to navigate, with states taking varying stances on the...more
In May, President Biden announced the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s proposed rule reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)....more
Among the two most widely reported federal changes to cannabis regulation are the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed regulation for the federal rescheduling of marijuana (the Proposed Rescheduling) and amendments to the...more
On April 30, 2024, the Associated Press reported a significant development in cannabis policy: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) is recommending reclassifying cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. This...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
Only one day after reports surfaced that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will proceed with rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Senators Charles Schumer...more
On May 21, 2024, The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (FR) to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)....more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024. If the...more
On May 21, 2024, the DEA finally published its proposed rule related to rescheduling marijuana and commenced a 60-day period where the public can submit comments regarding DEA's proposed move to reschedule marijuana (the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 9, 2024, President Joe Biden announced that his administration has formally recommended relaxing restrictions on cannabis, marking the most significant federal policy shift on cannabis since the drug...more