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Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy
4 weeks ago

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

LA Times  

Eddie Escobedo Jr. is carrying on the hibachi restaurant business started by his father, a convicted Sinaloa cartel marijuana trafficker known as “El Mago,” who was killed Nov. 23, 2023. The oldest, Eddie Escobedo Jr., says he knows he will always be known first and foremost as “El Mago’s son,” though his dad never wanted his children to follow him …

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A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the presidential election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the presidential election

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. While it’s possible it could precede the end of President Joe Biden’s term, issuing it before Inauguration Day “would be pretty expedited,” said cannabis lawyer Brian Vicente. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, signaled support for a Florida legalization measure on Saturday, following earlier comments that he increasingly agrees …

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Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
7 months ago

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

Hindustan Times  

In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions Over the next half hour, …

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Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
7 months ago

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “DEA has not yet made a determination as to …

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Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
7 months ago

Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

Associated Press  

In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. “DEA has not yet made a determination as to its views of the appropriate schedule for marijuana,” reads a sentence …

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Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana
7 months, 1 week ago

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. You have my word on it.” AP AUDIO: Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports the government effort to reclassify marijuana …

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Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
7 months, 1 week ago

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

LA Times  

Marijuana plants for sale at a dispensary in Portland, Ore. A proposed rule sent to the Federal Register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, marking a historic shift …

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It’s a Big Deal That the Government Is Rescheduling Marijuana. It’s Still Too Little, Too Late.
7 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s a Big Deal That the Government Is Rescheduling Marijuana. It’s Still Too Little, Too Late.

Slate  

Is 4/30 the new 4/20? Marijuana never belonged in Schedule 1, which is reserved for drugs with “no currently accepted medical use” and “high potential for abuse.” It was placed there on what was said to be a provisional basis when the CSA was enacted, in 1970, until President Richard Nixon’s National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse had a …

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As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?

Associated Press  

As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults. Following two previous failed attempts, a Nebraska group is gathering signatures to get two measures onto this year’s ballot: one to legalize medical …

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Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states

The Independent  

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Marijuana to be officially reclassified as less dangerous drug, in historic move by US drug agency
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Marijuana to be officially reclassified as less dangerous drug, in historic move by US drug agency

Daily Mail  

US drug officials will move to redefine marijuana as a less dangerous drug, citing that it is less likely to be abused than heroin or MDMA. The DEA will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple-effects across the country. Once OMB signs off, the …

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DEA Moving Toward Recategorizing Marijuana As A Lower-Schedule Drug: Reports
7 months, 3 weeks ago

DEA Moving Toward Recategorizing Marijuana As A Lower-Schedule Drug: Reports

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward removing marijuana from its list of Schedule I drugs, finally heeding calls from activists to stop conflating the widely used substance with the dangers of drugs that actually kill people, The Associated Press and The New York Times reported Tuesday. Despite being legalized for recreational use in 24 U.S. …

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US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. “Today, the Attorney General circulated a proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III,” Justice Department director of …

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U.S. drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
7 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift

LA Times  

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than other drugs. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. “Right now, the …

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4/20: Inside the history of marijuana's high holiday
8 months ago

4/20: Inside the history of marijuana's high holiday

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. But the prevailing explanation is that it started in the 1970s with a group of bell-bottomed buddies from San Rafael High School, in California’s …

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Biden, at risk with young voters, is racing to shift marijuana policy
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden, at risk with young voters, is racing to shift marijuana policy

LA Times  

A Biden campaign aide said marijuana policy is one of a number of issues the campaign believes will motivate young people. Vice President Kamala Harris looked up from prepared remarks in the White House’s ornate Roosevelt Room this month to make sure the reporters there could hear her clearly: “Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.” Harris’ …

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Vice President Harris and rapper Fat Joe team up for discussion on easing marijuana penalties
9 months, 1 week ago

Vice President Harris and rapper Fat Joe team up for discussion on easing marijuana penalties

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and rapper Fat Joe led a White House discussion Friday on easing marijuana penalties, with Harris saying it’s “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths annually the United States. Harris, a former state prosecutor in California, also criticized the …

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Vice president criticizes federal cannabis restrictions during White House weed event
9 months, 1 week ago

Vice president criticizes federal cannabis restrictions during White House weed event

Politico  

Vice President Kamala Harris called the current classification of marijuana under federal law “absurd” during a White House event on Friday, and said she is looking forward to seeing what the Drug Enforcement Administration decides about moving it to a different category. “I’m sure DEA is working as quickly as possible and will continue to do so, and we look …

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Why the Department of Justice wouldn’t let go of Charles Lynch’s 16-year old marijuana case
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the Department of Justice wouldn’t let go of Charles Lynch’s 16-year old marijuana case

LA Times  

Charles Lynch stands outside the U.S. “I always felt like he was an advocate in my corner,” Beck said about Lynch in a recent interview.. “I didn’t think he was doing anything wrong.” Although cultivating, using and selling doctor-recommended medical marijuana was allowed under some circumstances in California, federal law — which is independent of those of the states — …

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A massacre that killed 6 reveals the treacherous world of illegal pot in SoCal deserts
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A massacre that killed 6 reveals the treacherous world of illegal pot in SoCal deserts

LA Times  

In a desolate stretch of California desert off U.S. Highway 395, Franklin Noel Bonilla made one last desperate plea to save his life. A June 2022 photo shows a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy counting out one-pound bags of processed cannabis on an illegal marijuana grow in the unincorporated area of Phelan. In the last year alone, the San Bernardino …

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Rescheduling marijuana is the wrong approach. It should be descheduled entirely
1 year, 3 months ago

Rescheduling marijuana is the wrong approach. It should be descheduled entirely

Salon  

The global cannabis industry, regulators and activists are abuzz with what Politico is referring to as "potentially the biggest change in federal drug policy in decades:" Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has recommended to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that cannabis be recategorized as a Schedule III controlled substance. But this …

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Marijuana recommendation by US health agency hailed as first step to easing weed restrictions
1 year, 3 months ago

Marijuana recommendation by US health agency hailed as first step to easing weed restrictions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it Wednesday as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the agency has responded to President …

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Biden health agency recommends classifying marijuana as lower-risk, opening potential for major policy changes
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden health agency recommends classifying marijuana as lower-risk, opening potential for major policy changes

The Independent  

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HHS Reportedly Calls On DEA To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug
1 year, 3 months ago

HHS Reportedly Calls On DEA To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a letter. In the letter addressed to the Drug Enforcement Agency administrator Anne Milgram, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine asked for marijuana to be reclassified as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, …

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