Monday April 6, 2021
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The #dea is destroying the #future, as usual.
Trucky boomers need Chucky Schumer's #weed
more like UkRAIDian ...Ukraine Company gets raided for crimes of Fashion
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DEA’s Proposed #hemp Rules Are Contrary To Intent Of Congress, Committee Chairs Say
The lawmakers wrote that there may be “serious unintended consequences that could arise” from DEA’s 2020 IFR on hemp. “In order to address these concerns and not cause unnecessary damage to the hemp industry, we encourage the DEA and the [USDA] to collaborate with the hemp industry to resolve the issues.”
Scott and Bishop stressed that when Congress passed the Farm Bill legalizing hemp, the intent was to “vest primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp with USDA,” rather than DEA. USDA has since finalized separate rules for the crop, which took effect on March 22 following a Biden administration review.
“Congress did not intend the 2018 Farm Bill to criminalize any stage of legal hemp processing, and we are concerned that hemp grown in compliance with a USDA-approved plan could receive undue scrutiny from the DEA as it is being processed into a legal consumer-facing product under this IFR,” the new letter says. “It was our intent that derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids would be legal if these products were in compliance will all other Federal regulations.”
“We understand from our constituents that hemp processors have been confused about the legality of their processing operations. Because of this confusion, some processors have halted operations altogether. In addition to economic impacts, we are concerned that the lack of a uniform, risk appropriate Federal regulatory approach will stifle innovation, advancement, and product development in an industry poised for robust growth in the coming years.”
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Pushing To Advance Federal Legalization of Cannabis
“In 2018, I was the first member of the Democratic leadership to come out in support of ending the federal prohibition. I’m sure you ask, “Well what changed?” Well, my thinking evolved. When a few of the early states—Oregon and Colorado—wanted to legalize, all the opponents talked about the parade of horribles: Crime would go up. Drug use would go up. Everything bad would happen,” Schumer told Politico. “The legalization of states worked out remarkably well. They were a great success. The parade of horribles never came about, and people got more freedom. And people in those states seem very happy.”
Barring a change of heart, Biden has not given any indication that he and Schumer are aligned on this issue. Throughout the campaign last year, Biden resisted calls to embrace legalization, instead offering up a more modest proposal to “decriminalize marijuana use and reschedule it through executive action on the federal level.” In an interview last year on The Breakfast Club, Biden said while it “makes no sense for people to go to jail” for pot, he wasn’t quite ready to go as far to support outright legalization.
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Raid has Ukrainian hemp company at risk, and scared
Canapteka has been a leader in educating Ukrainian officials on cannabis issues, having cooperated with parliamentary deputies, the Ministries of Health and Defense, experts in intelligence agencies, the National Security & Defense Council, the Cabinet of Ministers, doctors and leading specialists at Ukrainian medical institutions, according to Yaroshenko.
The company is engaged in registration of medicines, develops software, and is an importer and distributor of hemp products.
https://hemptoday.net/raid-has-ukrainian-hemp-company-at-risk-and-scared/