The DEA is proposing to increase the amount of marijuana that can be legally grown for research by 30% in 2020, a promising sign for cannabis advocates who have long insisted the plant has healing properties.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s hesitance to allow for more serious research into marijuana may finally be coming to an end. The agency announced this week that it’s going to enable more researchers to grow cannabis for studies. For decades, the only entity allowed to research marijuana was the University of Mississippi. The move…
The Drug Enforcement Administration made headlines last week for sticking to the status quo: The agency declined to change marijuana’s classification under the Controlled Substances Act to a lower, less strictly regulated schedule.
The Drug Enforcement Agency has rejected petitions to remove marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 drugs — those with a high potential for abuse, and lacking any recognized medical uses.
The DEA may be close to reaching a decision on rescheduling marijuana to recognize the medical benefits.
The FBI is working on technology that would allow law enforcement to track and sort people based on their tattoos.
The DEA pledged in April it would review marijuana’s classification so that it could be researched for possible medicinal benefits.
Universities are the hub of innovative research, and the FBI warns, a target for foreign spies.
