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On August 27, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled an ALJ hearing to consider briefs, evidence and witnesses from “interested parties” in connection with the DEA’s proposed rulemaking to reschedule...more
The OPS simultaneously issued licenses to other essential participants in the state’s licensed psilocybin market, including manufacturers, facilitators (individuals who support clients through psilocybin services) and testing...more
May 16, 2024, could be the most historic day in the history of state-legal cannabis. The Biden administration has published a Proposed Rule to Reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, which has far-reaching...more
In a much-anticipated move, sources recently reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) will recommend rescheduling cannabis from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance under the federal Controlled...more
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 from Schedule I to Schedule III under the...more
Cue the Ron Paul “It’s Happening” gif and shout it from the rooftops: DEA will reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, per a report from the AP. The United States federal...more
March has been a big month for cannabis reform and the $40 billion state-regulated marketplace. President Biden mentioned cannabis reform and his administration’s efforts to reschedule the substance in his State of the...more
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
Key Points - The scientific review supporting HHS’s recommendation to DEA that cannabis be reclassified from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug was published on January 12, 2024. Classifying cannabis as a Schedule III...more
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), after completing an almost year-long evaluation of cannabis’s current status as a Schedule 1 substance, recommending to the Drug Enforcement...more
In light of the August 30, 2023 historic recommendation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys from Foley Hoag’s nationwide...more
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
Seattle Federal Court Dismisses Dormant Commerce Clause Challenge - A Seattle-based federal court dismissed a challenge to a state residency requirement to hold equity in Washington state cannabis businesses. The...more
Oh Daddy! It’s not “Rumours” or one of your “Dreams” – although it may be “Second Hand News” to our most knowledgeable readers: A federal court in Washington recently upheld the state’s cannabis residency requirement for...more
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
On December 2, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (Cannabis Research Act), which provides a mechanism for industry and academia to access and research cannabis,...more
“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness… Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason - We originally aimed to quote Santana rather...more
Cannabis as Schedule I Substance Violates State’s Constitution - On September 14, 2022, Clark County District Judge Joe Hardy Jr. ruled that the Nevada Board of Pharmacy’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I...more
Second Circuit Rules That Cannabis As a Schedule I Under CSA Is Constitutional - This August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the government’s classification of...more
On January 15, 2020, the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” Government witnesses testified from: • the Drug Enforcement...more