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11-Year-Old Texas Girl Suing U.S. Govt to Legalize Medical Cannabis

August 8, 2017 at 4:56 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

DALLAS – An 11-year-old North Texas girl who had to flee to Colorado for medical cannabis is now suing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Drug Enforcement Administration to legalize medical cannabis. “I just want kids like me to be able to do what number kids are able to do,” said Alexis Bortell, 11, in a Skype interview with WFAA from her new home in Colorado. Alexis lived in Rowlett until two years ago. [...]

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Is the DEA Preparing to Reclassify Cannabis this Summer?

April 7, 2016 at 2:18 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to decide whether marijuana should reclassified under federal law in “the first half of 2016,” the agency said in a letter to senators. DEA, responding to a 2015 letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and seven other Democratic senators urging the federal government to facilitate research into marijuana’s medical benefits, doesn’t indicate whether it will reclassify marijuana as less dangerous. The U.S. has five categories, or schedules, classifying illegal drugs or chemicals that can be [...]

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CENSORED: 1947 Cannabis Study on Epilepsy

September 1, 2014 at 2:08 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

This article was meant primarily as a tool for active News Media Reporters who needed a quick (yet well documented) source of information on the subject of Governmental Censorship as it relates to Medical Cannabis. As such this (1947) study, which was openly published and never actually under the threat of censorship, would normally not qualify for inclusion. However, a quick look beneath the surface shows a different story. One that reveals, wheels within wheels, circles within circles, [...]

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DEA May Be Losing the War on Marijuana Politics

July 14, 2014 at 3:19 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

For narcotics agents, who often confront hostile situations, Capitol Hill has been a refuge where lawmakers stand ready to salute efforts in the nation’s war on drugs. Lately, however, the Drug Enforcement Administration has found itself under attack in Congress as it holds its ground against marijuana legalization while the resolve of longtime political allies — and the White House and Justice Department to which it reports — rapidly fades. “For 13 of the 14 years I have worked on [...]

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30 Members Of Congress Demand Increased Access To Marijuana For Research Purposes

June 17, 2014 at 8:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Thirty members of Congress, led by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), H. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Tuesday demanding an end to the federal monopoly on marijuana research so that more studies can be done by scientists around the nation. “We write to express our support for increasing scientific research on the therapeutic risks and benefits of marijuana,” the letter reads. “We ask that you take [...]

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DEA Accused of Obstructing Research on Marijuana Benefits

June 15, 2014 at 7:21 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

This Monday, the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies released a report titled “The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science.” Using case studies from 1972 to the present, the report argues the ways the US Drug Enforcement Administration has suppressed research on the positive benefits of marijuana for medical use. The crux of the report is this: The DEA has worked to paint marijuana into an inescapable corner by both repeatedly (and falsely) stating that marijuana [...]

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House Votes To End DEA Raids On Legal Medical Marijuana Operations

May 31, 2014 at 6:44 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The House passed an amendment late Thursday night to restrict the Drug Enforcement Administration from targeting medical marijuana operations in states where it is legal. The 219-189 decision came on a bipartisan appropriations amendment spearheaded by California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and California Democrat Sam Farr. The amendment still faces several procedural hurdles before it is ratified, but this is the first time such an amendment has succeeded in the House. The vote is an encouraging one for marijuana advocates, [...]

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Obama Administration Puts in an Order for 1,430 Pounds of Marijuana

May 7, 2014 at 6:14 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The Obama Administration needs hundreds and hundreds of pounds of marijuana this year, more than 30 times the amount of pot it originally ordered for 2014. But don’t get any funny ideas. The pot is medicinal, and it’s needed for research purposes. The Drug Enforcement Administration put out a rule on Monday that adjusts the annual production quota of medical marijuana for the U.S. government. That pot, produced by the University of Mississippi, is used by the National Institutes on [...]

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Freaked-Out DEA Chief Gets Choked Up, Admits Marijuana Legalization ‘Scares Us’

January 19, 2014 at 7:05 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief of operations on Wednesday gave some freaked-out, emotional testimony at a Senate hearing, admitting that marijuana legalization “scares us.” “I have to say this … going down the path to legalization in this country is reckless and irresponsible,” said James L. Capra, reports Eric W. Dolan at The Raw Story. “I’m talking about the long-term impact of legalization in the United States. It scares us.” “Every part of the world where this has been tried, [...]

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