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USDA sec .worries about too much hemp cultivation (Newsletter: July 4, 2019)
DEA sued by researchers over marijuana cultivation app delay; Texas prosecutors drop cannabis prosecutions; Michigan marijuana regs
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he’s worried that farmers might actually grow too much hemp under legalization.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is being sued by a group of researchers who say the agency has failed to process their application to grow marijuana to be used in scientific studies in a timely fashion.
Four Texas district attorneys announced they would not prosecute low-level marijuana cases without lab tests demonstrating that seized products are not legal hemp.
/ FEDERAL
A Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent claimed that Colorado’s legalization of marijuana has created recruitment issues for the agency.
Customs and Border Protection included this warning on its 4th of July holiday travel advisory: “Marijuana and cannabis products are illegal under federal law. Seizure, penalty and/or arrest could result from the attempted entry of these drugs.”
Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA) tweeted, “I’m tired of rich people making 💰off legal cannabis, while there are hundreds of black men & women in Philly in jail for selling an ounce & can indefinitely be barred from participating in any legal cannabis businesses – I’m working to change the laws.”
/ STATES
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a set of emergency rules for the state’s marijuana program that include provisions allowing home delivery and cannabis consumption lounges.
Wisconsin’s Senate majority leader said he opposes legalizing medical cannabis in contrast to the House speaker, who said he wants to take up the issue in the coming months.
Idaho’s secretary of state forwarded a proposed medical cannabis ballot measure to the state attorney general for review.
Arizona activists are preparing to file a marijuana legalization initiative they intend to qualify for the 2020 ballot.
Missouri regulators released the names of individuals and businesses that have applied for licenses to cultivate, test and sell medical cannabis following a court ruling ordering them to do so.
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/ LOCAL
The Erie County, New York district attorney said his office will no longer charge people with misdemeanors for possessing two ounces or less of marijuana and would instead issue violations.
Smithfield, Rhode Island agreed to rescind a restrictive medical cannabis ordinance and pay $30,000 in attorneys’ fees in a settlement stemming from a lawsuit the ACLU filed against the town.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Ireland’s health secretary said officials will continue to review whether to allow medical cannabis for chronic pain.
A Canadian federal court granted a medical cannabis patient the right to possess a kilogram of marijuana at a time.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study found that “athletes who use a combination of THC and CBD exhibited the most benefit to well-being and calm with minimal adverse effects.”
A study on false memory formation found that “intoxicated and sober cannabis consumers falsely recognized more unrelated items than control participants” and that “individuals without a history of cannabis use demonstrated higher memory accuracy compared with the intoxicated group.”
/ BUSINESS
Canopy Growth Corp. Co-CEO Bruce Linton was ousted by the company’s board.
/ CULTURE
Comedian Sarah Silverman tweeted that CBD oil is part of her routine for helping her dog deal with Fourth of July fireworks noise.
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