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August began with plenty of promise for the marijuana industry, but those high hopes went up in smoke on Aug. 11, when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency released its long-awaited decision on whether it would reclassify marijuana. The DEA denies the marijuana industry a victory For months...

Even though America has been a leader in scientific research and development, this country has an inordinate percentage of the population, and one political party that denies science religiously. That's what happens when ignorance and stupidity are hailed as uniquely desirable American traits...

Even though America has been a leader in scientific research and development, this country has an inordinate percentage of the population, and one political party that denies science religiously. That's what happens when ignorance and stupidity are hailed as uniquely desirable American traits...

Marvin Washington isn't worried about the NFL's marijuana movement, even though the Drug Enforcement Administration recently declined to reclassify cannabis to make it easier for researchers to study pot's potential medical benefits. The former Jets defensive end says the DEA will face much...

Last week, when the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rejected two petitions asking it to reclassify marijuana, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith did not try to conceal his contempt. "LSD, MDMA, a plant that grows in the yard - all one thing," he said sarcastically. "The DEA announced today it...

Last week, the DEA decided not to reschedule the classification of marijuana as a legal drug. According to federal drug codes, cannabis is still as deadly and addictive as heroin, with no known medical value. I was surprised to see how many articles were written about this decision without...

DEA hoses our veterans once again with the refusal to recognize the medicinal qualities in marijuana. The only way the Veterans Administration was ever going to acknowledge marijuana as a medicine for PTSD, anxiety, and social phobias was for the DEA AND CONGRESS to get off their butts and do...

A Steamboat Springs marijuana business owner has mixed feelings about a decision by federal officials related to the legality of marijuana. An announcement from the Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday stated the agency would not reclassify marijuana from its status as an illegal...

CNN's chief medical correspondent thinks the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) refusal to reschedule marijuana is a mistake. The DEA will allow for more pot to be grown for medical research, but Dr. Sanjay Gupta says this is largely symbolic. Scientists will still have a difficult time...

Salem - Buried in the news Thursday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration decided not to move medical marijuana to a lower point on the Controlled Substances Act was a statement that has left hemp farmers and regulators scratching their heads. After months of speculation that it would...

As the DEA explains in a press release (which also notes its decision to deny petitions seeking rescheduling of marijuana under the CSA), the agency has "announced a policy change designed to foster research by expanding the number of DEA- registered marijuana manufacturers." The formal...

Anticipation has been mounting that the DEA will soon decide whether to move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), but any action the agency is likely to take is unlikely to have significant impact on the ground. While the DEA may move to reschedule marijuana to a...

Colorado's now years-long experiment with legal medical and recreational cannabis markets has been mostly positive and fascinating, and yet the federal government has been slow to rethink its decades-long prohibitionist position. We hope the Obama administration takes advantage of its...

Colorado's now years-long experiment with legal medical and recreational cannabis markets has been mostly positive and fascinating, and yet the federal government has been slow to rethink its decades-long prohibitionist position. We hope the Obama administration takes advantage of its...

Seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) fell in 2015, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. According to the DEA's Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Statistical Report, agents eradicated 4.25...

Last December, we began hearing rumors that the DEA might change its absurd stance on cannabis and remove it from the list of Schedule 1 drugs with "no medicinal value." The agency sent a letter to lawmakers in April saying it will release a decision on rescheduling "in the first half of 2016."...

An article published in the Santa Monica Observer revealed that an anonymous source from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has hinted on the agency's decision to reclassify cannabis from a schedule I to a schedule II drug on Aug 1. First reported by The Washington Post, the article...

An article published in the Santa Monica Observer revealed that an anonymous source from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has hinted on the agency's decision to reclassify cannabis from a schedule I to a schedule II drug on Aug 1. First reported by The Washington Post, the article...

The Obama administration's failure to enforce the nation's drug laws — specifically, the federal ban on recreational use of marijuana — is confusing, confounding and frustrating to many. What's worse, it is also needlessly expensive for the taxpayer, making it high time (pardon the pun) that...

The Drug Enforcement Administration flaked on its self-imposed deadline to announce whether to reschedule marijuana, and now it's not clear when a decision might come. In April, the DEA told lawmakers in a letter that it was reviewing information on rescheduling and "hopes to release its...