DEA Classifies Novel Cannabinoids Delta-8 And -9 THCO As Controlled Substances
02/16/2023 |
DEA, Delta-8, THC-O |
Establishment of a New Drug Code for Marihuana Extract
12/14/2016 |
After careful consideration of all comments, the DEA is hereby amending 21 CFR 1308.11(d) to include a new subparagraph (58) which creates a new code number in Schedule I as follows:
“(58) Marihuana Extract—7350
“Meaning an extract containing one or more cannabinoids that has been derived from any plant of the genus Cannabis, other than the separated resin (whether crude or purified) obtained from the plant.”
The creation of this new drug code in the DEA regulations for marihuana extracts allows for more appropriate accounting of such materials consistent with treaty provisions. Such marihuana Start Printed Page 90196extracts remain in Schedule I. Entities registered to handle marihuana (under drug code 7360) that also handle marihuana extracts, will need to apply to modify their registrations to add the new drug code 7350 to their existing DEA registrations and procure quotas specifically for drug code 7350 each year.
DEA, Code, Federal Register |
The DEA warns marijuana grow spots are the 'new meth houses'
08/04/2016 |
A June report by the DEA's Denver division warns of potential dangers and annoyances posed by large-scale marijuana growing operations hidden in residential neighborhoods. These operations can be a nuisance to neighbors, prompting complaints about "strong odors, excessive noise from industrial air-conditioning units, blown electrical transformers, and heavy vehicle traffic," according to the DEA.
Beyond that, a big indoor marijuana operation requires lots of high-powered lighting, water, and ventilation. People making these modifications in a haphazard or amateurish way risk doing serious damage to their homes.
DEA, Electricity, Water, neighborhood, grow sites |
DEA testimony on federal arrests
08/25/2015 |
prisons, Arrest, DEA |
DEA arrests Chinese chemist linked to deadly 'spice' street drug
05/25/2015 |
The drug Tian manufactured is a synthetic substance significantly stronger than marijuana that is applied to a smokable plant material.
The drug is transported from China in powdered form, in packages labeled fertilizer or industrial solvents.
Spice, DEA |
Former Heads of the DEA Support the Battle Against Legalizing Marijuana
02/19/2015 |
legalization, DEA, supreme court, lawsuit |
DEA Position Paper on Marijuana
04/01/2013 |
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The earlier an individual begins to use marijuana, the likelier he or she is to be arrested.
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What greatly concerned the researchers is that many teens don’t even consider marijuana use a distraction to their driving.
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According to National Families in Action, four individuals—George Soros, Peter Lewis, George Zimmer, and John Sperling— contributed $1,510,000 to the effort to pass a “medical” marijuana law in California in 1996, a sum representing nearly 60 percent of the total contributions.
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“THC, a key ingredient in marijuana, alters the ability of the hippocampus, a brain area related to learning and memory, to communicate effectively with other brain regions. In addition, we know from recent research that marijuana use that begins during adolescence can lower IQ and impair other measures of mental function in adulthood
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DEA, position paper, dangers, medical association, non-users, youth usage |
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