The long-awaited, and recently leaked, news that DEA would begin the process of rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III became a reality yesterday when DEA issued a formal notice of proposed rulemaking. As we have said before,
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The Week in Weed: May 17, 2024
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, there’s been a lot of activity in New York as regards cannabis regulation. New Hampshire’s Senate has taken up…
Schedule 3 Marijuana Alert: DEA Publishes NPRM
Biden Administration moves federal marijuana rescheduling forward to start public comment period
As reported in this Washington Post piece, “President Biden on Thursday publicly endorsed the Justice Department’s recommendation to loosen restrictions on marijuana, a long-expected measure that marks a historic shift in the nation’s drug policy.” Here is more on an…
Rod Discusses Schedule 3 and Hemp vs Marijuana on the Texas Hemp Show [Video Podcast]
New MPP report reviews "Cannabis Tax Revenue in States that Regulate Cannabis for Adult Use"
The Marijuana Policy Project has recently released this new report titled “Cannabis Tax Revenue in States that Regulate Cannabis for Adult Use.” The report has lots of state-ny-state tax data, and here is how it gets startd: Legalizing cannabis for…
Ohio’s Recreational Cannabis: Almost Ready to Roll
Today, May 13, 2024, Ohio’s Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) approved eleven rules previously submitted by the Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) for administrative rule review.…
The Week in Weed: May 10, 2024
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Senate Democrats introduce a bill to legalize cannabis at the federal level. Florida Republicans, on the other…
"Local Moratoriums for Ohio Adult Use Marijuana Operators"
The title of this post is the heading for this terrific new resource page just posted along with other Policy and Data Analyses at the website of The Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (which I help direct).…
Now That It Appears Marijuana Is Being Rescheduled, How Does That Process Work?
“Get in loser, we’re rescheduling.” – Regina George (DEA)
As we at Budding Trends reported last week, the DEA is set to finally accept the recommendation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule marijuana…