19,000 US Cities Call For Cannabis Rescheduling The National League of Cities (NLC), a major organization comprised of over 19,000 towns, cities, and villages throughout the United States, is urging the federal government to reschedule cannabis. They are calling for cannabis reform and for the protection of states where it…
4 Reasons Why the Re-Scheduling of Cannabis is Imminent in the USA With the recent news from the FDA, approving a marijuana based CBD prescription drug…we’re standing on the precipice of change. No longer can the United States government claim that marijuana holds no medical value. What this means is…
Why Exactly Do The Feds Want Your Opinion on Cannabis Rescheduling? Want to help legalize cannabis? This is your chance. The Food and Drug Administration of Donald Trump has been tasked by the United Nations World Health Organization to inquire with the American public if cannabis should be reclassified based…
Cannabis Rescheduling Likely, Says Just-Retired US Global Narc The federal government will likely reschedule cannabis once more states legalize the plant, says a former international narc according to a Marijuana Moment feature. “Let the experiment advance. Consider its positive and negative effects,” says William Brownfield, who just last month was…
Ohio Lawmaker Urges Rescheduling of Cannabis When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its controlled substances scheduling or drug classifications in 1970, they intended to classify drugs based on their potential for abuse, their medical use, and how addictive they may be. Few drugs scheduled as a Schedule I…
Published: Apr 30, 2017, 12:19 am • Updated: May 1, 2017, 10:15 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff PUEBLO — If the United States stopped viewing CBD as an illegal substance, it would unlock the marijuana compound’s immense potential as medicine, the “father of cannabis research” said Saturday. Raphael…
The DEA continues to leave us sitting on the edge of our seats. Earlier this year, officials from the department told lawmakers that the agency aimed to make a decision on rescheduling marijuana within “the first half of 2016.” Well, the first half of the year came and went without…
By now you have all heard the rumors that the federal government may change cannabis from a Schedule I drug to Schedule II under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act. This would be the biggest thing to happen to Cannabis since Nixon decided he wanted a statement on marijuana that “just…
by Rick Thompson The DEA’s evaluation of marijuana and its place in the Schedule of Controlled Substances Act generated media coverage in 2016, but fizzled out when the organization’s self-proclaimed deadline came and went without a decision at all. What appeared to be a chance at moving cannabis from Schedule…
By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Fifty-two percent of registered voters support legalizing marijuana “for recreational use,” according to national tracking poll data compiled by Morning Consult — a Washington DC consulting firm. Forty-three percent of respondents polled said that they oppose legalization and five percent were undecided. Respondents between…