Retiring rep: Feds “trapped in time” on marijuana; ATF warns KY medical cannabis patients; Study: CBD reduces alcohol cravings

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2024 was a big year for marijuana reform. Here’s a look at the top federal developments—including the advancement of the rescheduling process, both major party presidential candidates endorsing cannabis reform and actions by agencies across the government.

Retiring Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said his work on marijuana reform was simultaneously one of the “greatest areas of satisfaction” and “greatest disappointments” of his career as the federal government remains “trapped in time” on the issue.

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The Justice Department is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from a group of doctors who are challenging their exclusion from marijuana rescheduling hearings, with the government arguing that it would be against the “public interest” to “derail” the process by litigating witness selection.

Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR) recently challenged the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) rejection of their request to testify, making the case that the exclusion would cause irreparable harm to its membership as the agency proceeded with a proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

On Friday, the Justice Department submitted a brief opposing the organization’s motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit. It said D4DPR identified “no error” from DEA in its initial selection of 25 witnesses to join the administrative hearings on rescheduling out of the 163 individuals and entities that requested the opportunity.

If all 163 prospective requesters were granted that request, it “could easily become an unwieldy hearing lasting months—if not years” before the proposed rule is potentially finalized,” it said.

“Nor do petitioners identify any injury that could not be cured on judicial review of

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Poll: Legalization support in WI; German legal marijuana sales pilot rules; Ukraine medical cannabis; Study: Cannabis suppositories for better sex

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Marijuana reform advocates are pushing President Joe Biden to expand on large grants of clemency he issued on Thursday by freeing people who are still incarcerated for cannabis offenses—and a new poll shows that 59 percent of Americans support additional marijuana and drug pardons.

A new poll shows that 65 percent of voters in rural Wisconsin support legalizing marijuana as Gov. Tony Evers (D) says the issue is a top priority for the 2025 legislative session.

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