Thursday December 3 2020
In todays report:
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Top republican law maker says legalization will happen in 2021
“There’s still back and forth, but I suspect this year this will actually get done,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R) told WWNY-TV on Wednesday, referring to the upcoming 2021 session..
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[] Another Scientist Sues DEA To Cultivate Marijuana For Research Purposes
[] The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is facing yet another #lawsuit over its marijuana policy—with a scientist now urging a federal court to compel the agency to grant his application to produce cannabis for research purposes.
It’s been four years since Lyle Craker of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst submitted the application without hearing back from DEA. And that’s not an unfamiliar story, as the agency has yet to decide on more than 30 proposals to grow cannabis for research purposes in the timeframe.
That’s despite the fact that DEA announced in 2016 that it would begin the process of approving additional marijuana cultivators. Currently, there’s just one, at the University of Mississippi, that has held a monopoly on federally authorized cannabis cultivation.
The medicinal use of marijuana is a public health issue that is vital to the wellbeing, health, and safety of millions of Americans,” the suit states, adding that while the government continues to maintain that cannabis does not have therapeutic value, it has roadblocked research that could prove otherwise.
“Had Dr. Craker’s initial application in 2001 been processed appropriately, marijuana medicines would now be available through pharmacies, regardless of state law, with the strict safety protocols and dosing regularity people with compromised immune systems and serious illnesses need,” MAPS Executive Direct Rick Doblin said in a press release. “It’s hard to imagine the scope of suffering that people have had to endure because politics and fear trump science for prohibition-minded officials like the Attorney General.”
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SRI’s research objective for cannabis is to determine potential therapeutic benefits for veterans suffering from conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. “While DEA’s unlawful and dilatory conduct harms the public generally, the secrecy and delay have been especially harmful to our nations’ veterans,” the suit says.
“We deserve not only to know the #scientifictruth about #medicalmarijuana use, but candor from our government, which includes disclosure of the ‘secret law’ the agency continues to rely on as a basis to delay and ultimately revamp the process for researching and manufacturing #marijuana in this country,” the filing says. “Plaintiff brings this FOIA action so can understand the legal basis—if there is one—for the government’s conduct surrounding the Growers Program.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/scientists-sue-dea-over-alleged-secret-document-that-delayed-marijuana-research-expansion/
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https://www.marijuanamoment.net/another-scientist-sues-dea-to-cultivate-marijuana-for-research-purposes/
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EU officials resume review of CBD novel food applications after ditching narcotic stance
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, says the change comes after a landmark court decision that CBD should be freely traded among member states, instead of limited as a narcotic.
Stefan De Keersmaecker, commission spokesperson for public health and food safety, confirmed that the European Commission had changed its opinion on CBD, which had been based on a strict reading of a 1961 international drugs treaty..