The US federal government will not attempt to legally challenge state laws permitting recreational or medical marijuana use, the Department of Justice said this week. Attorney General Eric Holder called the governors of Colorado and Washington and told them that federal authorities would not stand in...
The advancement of recent use cannabis breath testing provides an ideal solution to account for changing laws, shifting societal views, and increasing cannabis use among employees. WHAT COMES AFTER MARIJUANA RESCHEDULING? Before a final determination on cannabis rescheduling, there will be a 60-day ...
A judge this week dismissed a lawsuit challenging federal laws criminalizing marijuana as unconstitutional, saying the five plaintiffs had failed to pursue changes in the drug’s legal status by first going through the Drug Enforcement Administration. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein did not ad...
In other words, because theFederal marijuana laws aren't an amendment, the States can still make their own provisions.Michigan could technically pass its own provisions that keeps TikTok legal in the state. It's the same way some states allow sports betting on apps, and others don't. You...
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“HHS has done the right thing,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said. “DEA should now follow through on this important step to greatly reduce the harm caused by draconian marijuana laws.” California Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in California...
Legal experts such as Joseph Bondy, a cannabis law expert sitting on the board of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, agreed with the justice's statement and predicted that arguments about federal marijuana laws being unfair will continue to be made in the ...
State Marijuana Laws March 6, 2022 Today, forty-eight (48) states accept the medical use of marijuana. However, marijuana’s classification in the federal Controlled Substance Act (CSA) has not changed as a result. State laws are not … State Marijuana Laws Posts navigation ← older Search...
supporting cannabis prohibition in the state. This is significant because FBI statistics show that law enforcement makes approximately 99 of 100 marijuana arrests under state, not federal law. When states stop enforcing marijuana laws, they sweep away most of the basis...
Although former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2018 rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, cannabis experts say federal prosecutors have largely since left marijuana businesses alone as long as t...