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\n<\/span>The Drug Enforcement Administration released the full official transcript of a hearing on the Trump administration\u2019s cannabis rescheduling proposal<\/span><\/a>\u2014showing government lawyers making the case that \u201cmarijuana can no longer remain in Schedule I.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Texas Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Vikki Goodwin and the Bexar County Democratic Party are suggesting that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) pushed to crack down on hemp THC products<\/span><\/a> to benefit his campaign donors in the alcohol industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Illinois Department of Public Health added sickle cell disease and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome with chronic pain<\/span><\/a> as new medical cannabis qualifying conditions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Cato Institute\u2019s Jeffrey Singer argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that reports of increases in problematic cannabis use<\/span><\/a> don\u2019t justify a return to criminalization.<\/span><\/p>\n