{"id":74106,"date":"2024-04-12T02:10:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/fda-head-tells-dea-to-not-delay-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-april-12-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:46:05","slug":"fda-head-tells-dea-to-not-delay-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-april-12-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/fda-head-tells-dea-to-not-delay-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-april-12-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA head tells DEA to not delay cannabis rescheduling (Newsletter: April 12, 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-54.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>NH House passes legalization; PA marijuana hearing; OH gov wants public cannabis smoking ban; Fed study: Massive cannabis patient growth; NORML op-ed<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to receive Marijuana Moment\u2019s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. 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Lawmakers also pressed him about hemp regulations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/new-hampshire-house-passes-bill-to-legalize-marijuana-through-agency-store-model-that-senators-oppose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a marijuana legalization bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014sending it to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain as Gov. Chris Sununu (R) lays out specific provisions he wants included in any cannabis legislation he is willing to sign.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/pennsylvania-lawmakers-talk-marijuana-justice-and-equity-issues-at-hearing-following-new-legalization-bills-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pennsylvania House Health Subcommittee on Health Care held a hearing on social justice in marijuana legalization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014with witnesses arguing that equity is about the government repairing past harms it perpetrated on communities, not charity and handouts.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/ohio-governor-pushes-lawmakers-to-ban-public-marijuana-consumption-and-delta-8-thc-products-in-state-of-the-state-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his State of the State speech, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) called on lawmakers to pass legislation banning public marijuana smoking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and prohibiting the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids like delta-8 THC.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/medical-marijuana-patient-enrollment-grew-610-since-2016-showing-increasing-cultural-acceptance-of-cannabis-federal-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new study conducted by federal officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Veterans Affairs shows that the number of medical marijuana patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> enrolled in state programs across the U.S. has grown 610 percent since 2016\u2014indicating an \u201cincreasing cultural acceptance of cannabis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The federal officials note that \u201ccannabis prohibition continues to disparately affect groups that have been marginalized for racial or socioeconomic reasons\u201d and note that rescheduling will \u201cacknowledge therapeutic potential of cannabis and reduce research barriers.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/feds-must-change-discriminatory-marijuana-testing-policies-to-address-trucking-industry-labor-shortage-op-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that federal \u201cdiscriminatory and counterproductive marijuana drug testing policies\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for transportation workers are contributing to a labor shortage in the trucking industry.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/maine-lawmakers-send-drug-decriminalization-task-force-study-bill-to-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maine lawmakers sent Gov. Janet Mills (D) a bill to create a task force<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> charged with studying the potential decriminalization of drugs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/alabama-senate-panel-advances-legislation-to-restart-medical-marijuana-licensing-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee approved legislation aimed at restarting the medical cannabis business licensing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> process amid ongoing litigation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ FEDERAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/LSB\/LSB11145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Congressional Research Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> published a report on a Supreme Court ruling clarifying the scope of drug offense sentencing relief under the First Step Act.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Senate bill to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/980\/cosponsors?pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reduce restrictions on hemp growers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> got one new cosponsor for a total of four.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ STATES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/norml.org\/news\/2024\/04\/11\/oregon-governor-signs-legislation-halting-issuance-of-new-cannabis-licenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oregon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed a bill to place an indefinite moratorium on new marijuana business licenses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovofCO\/status\/1778167542374105332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gov. Jared Polis (D) tweeted, \u201cColorado\u2019s progressive, nation-leading cannabis industry has created tens of thousands of jobs, as well as countless opportunities for other local industries and small businesses to thrive. We continue to push for federal action when it comes to safe banking and reclassifying marijuana.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/acf3f5d3a3d6\/ucetf-releases-q1-2024-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Governor\u2019s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce seized more than $53,620,600 million in illegal marijuana in the first quarter of the year.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ltgov.texas.gov\/2024\/04\/11\/lt-gov-dan-patrick-releases-2024-interim-charges-to-the-texas-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Texas\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lieutenant governor is directing the Senate State Affairs Committee to take steps to prepare legislation to ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products ahead of the next session.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A request by a former <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2024\/04\/11\/corrupt-gop-politician-rick-johnson-loses-bid-to-leave-prison-early\/73287045007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> House speaker who was convicted of corruption in the marijuana licensing process to leave prison early was rejected by a federal judge.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/10\/new-york-illegal-weed-shop-crackdown-00151519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lawmakers discussed the prospects for including marijuana enforcement provisions in the budget. Separately, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkupstate.com\/marijuana\/2024\/04\/ny-cannabis-regulators-approve-101-new-licenses-as-applicants-complain-about-proximity-protection.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">regulators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> approved additional marijuana business licenses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/masscannabiscontrol.com\/2024\/04\/public-comment-period-now-open-for-model-municipal-equity-by-law-or-ordinance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Massachusetts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are accepting public comments on a model marijuana municipal equity ordinance.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/otr.cfo.dc.gov\/release\/420-medical-cannabis-sales-tax-holiday-week-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published guidance about a 4\/20 medical cannabis tax holiday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/MNOCM\/bulletins\/3955ed7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minnesota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are accepting responses on a survey about the marijuana license application process, license types, market size and potential business locations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krqe.com\/news\/marijuana\/cannabis-retailer-in-chaparral-to-pay-fine-after-facing-violation-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Mexico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators approved a settlement with a cannabis company accused of various violations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<strong>\u2014<br \/>\n<strong>Marijuana Moment is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking more than 1,400 cannabis, psychedelics and drug policy bills<\/a> in state legislatures and Congress this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon supporters<\/a> pledging at least $25\/month get access to our interactive maps, charts and hearing calendar so they don\u2019t miss any developments.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9128 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marijuana bill tracker<\/a> and become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporter on Patreon<\/a> to get access.<br \/>\n\u2014<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\/ LOCAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article287524215.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charlotte, North Carolina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Police Department rejected an advisory group\u2019s request to stop marijuana arrests.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/denvergov.org\/guidance-marijuana-hospitality-unlicensed-consumption-businesses-festival-8255257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> officials published guidance on marijuana hospitality and unlicensed consumption businesses ahead of 4\/20.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcoastjournal.com\/NewsBlog\/archives\/2024\/04\/09\/county-preps-measure-s-enforcement-action-on-hundreds-of-cannabis-farms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Humboldt County, California\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> planning director said officials will soon be suspending permits of cannabis farmers who failed to enter into payment agreements for owed taxes.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/en\/news\/bulgaria\/651094-bill-allowing-industrial-hemp-processing-killed-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bulgaria\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> National Assembly rejected a hemp processing bill.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bavaria, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/news\/2024-04\/09\/kiff-verbot-fuer-volksfeste-und-englischen-garten-diskutiert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Germany<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> officials are considering restricting cannabis use at Oktoberfest.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ SCIENCE &amp; HEALTH<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study \u201cadds evidence about the potentially neuroprotective effects of recreational cannabis for short- and long-term post-<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dovepress.com\/traumatic-brain-injury-outcomes-after-recreational-cannabis-use-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[traumatic brain injury]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> outcomes.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study found that\u201dpsilocybin pulse regimen reduces <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0022510X2400128X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cluster headache<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> attack frequency.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION &amp; ANALYSIS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkupstate.com\/cannabis-insider\/2024\/04\/new-alliance-of-cannabis-processors-formed-in-new-york-state.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Empire Cannabis Manufacturers Alliance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a new trade group representing licensed processors.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/hempsupporter\/safe-banking-steps-closer-to-senate-vote-take-action-322200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. Hemp Authority<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is launching a certification program for adult-use hemp products.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ BUSINESS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/cannabis\/articles\/1823200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Long Island Rail Road<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is being sued for 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