Elecciones 2020: Las sustancias psicodélicas en las urnas de Washington D. C.

Elecciones 2020: Las sustancias psicodélicas en las urnas de Washington D. C.

Oregón no es la única jurisdicción en la que la psilocibina (y otras sustancias vegetales psicodélicas controladas) se someterá a votación este otoño. Para nuestra cobertura de la Medida 109 de Oregón, véase: Elecciones de Oregón 2020: ¡Vota «Sí» a la Medida 109! Oregón y la psilocibina: ¿tiene alguna posibilidad el texto aprobado para la votación? Psicodélicos en Oregón: petición para legalizar la psilocibina con fines terapéuticos

Cómo los grupos religiosos pueden solicitar el uso legal de sustancias psicodélicas

Cómo los grupos religiosos pueden solicitar el uso legal de sustancias psicodélicas

Hace poco escribí una entrada en la que describía la larga historia de las exenciones religiosas a la Ley federal de Sustancias Controladas (CSA). En esta entrada, ofreceré una breve visión general de los obstáculos que deben superar las organizaciones religiosas. Las organizaciones religiosas que desean utilizar sustancias psicodélicas con fines religiosos y cumplir con la legislación estadounidense se ven obligadas a

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Las opiniones de Amy Coney Barrett sobre la TCPA

When President Trump announced he was nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court last week, the future of many key issues was called into question. We won’t mention or write about them here because this blog is dedicated to all things cannabis, but there is one issue

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La industria del cáñamo responde a la norma de la DEA con una demanda judicial.

On August 21, the Drug Enforcement Agency (the “DEA”) released an Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”), which, in part, suggests that in-process hemp extract shall be treated as a schedule I controlled substance during any point at which its THC concentration exceeds 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. “Any point” includes even fleetingly during

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La inversión extranjera en el cannabis estadounidense: una relación de amor-odio que continúa

The U.S. cannabis industry attracts all kinds of entrepreneurs and investors. That has been true since Colorado and Washington legalized cannabis for adults 21 and up back in 2012, and since other states began creating comprehensive licensing regimes. The ever-emerging nature of the industry and its state-by-state quilt of regulations creates all kinds of business

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Los tribunales federales están dando marcha atrás en materia de cannabis

A few weeks back, the Cannabis Law Institute invited me to discuss contract drafting for cannabis deals. A focal point for the panel was whether courts are willing to enforce cannabis contracts. The last time I had really looked at that issue was early 2019, when I wrote: Cannabis Dispute? Courts are Open. As the

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Prepare su negocio de cannabis para la TCPA

For some reason, many cannabis businesses believe that because they’re already violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, they’re free to violate other existing federal laws. This of course is not the case, and never has been. Even though cannabis businesses can’t get legitimate recognition or fair treatment from the Department of Justice or the Drug

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Un proyecto de ley bipartidista regularía el CBD derivado del cáñamo como suplemento dietético.

Last week, Oregon Representative Kurt Schrader (D) and Virginia Representative Morgan Griffith (R) introduced The Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2020 (“H.R. 8179”). If enacted in its current form, H.R. 8179 would legalize the manufacture, sale and marketing of hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol and other hemp extracts (collectively referred to

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Recaudación de fondos para el cannabis: siete conclusiones clave de las nuevas normas de la SEC sobre inversores acreditados

Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final amendments to expand the definition of an accredited investor, something that has not happened in nearly 40 years. This is a big deal for cannabis companies (and all other companies) that are in fundraising mode because many of these companies rely on Rules 506(b) and 506(c)

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La Ley Agrícola de 2018 no respalda la norma provisional de la DEA

Until a few weeks ago, everyone in the hemp world thought the next big development would come from the federal Food and Drug Administration (after all, the FDA recently submitted proposed guidance to the White House, which has yet to be released). Unfortunately, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) dropped a surprise interim hemp rule a

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