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DEA Approves CA marijuana study.

"...Two weeks ago, the DEA approved a three-month research program allowing researchers to give..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Reefer Madness: North Dakota Hemp Heads Toward Federal Showdown

State's farmers stuck in web of federal bureaucracy

"...Roger Johnson traveled to Washington, D.C., to deliver to DEA officials two applications, filed by farmers who, pursuant to..."

May 11, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

But DEA still refuses to admit hemp and pot are different crops

"...second trip to the Capitol to meet with the DEA) to hand-deliver the North Dakota industrial hemp-farming licenses he's..."

March 16, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

DEA agents do their best impression of the Grinch this month by carrying out a string of medi-pot dispensary raids and by denying a group of American Indians the ability to grow and sell industrial hemp

"...DEA agents have been doing their very best impression of..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

North Dakota ag commissioner still waiting to hear from feds on whether they'll waive individual federal registration for qualified farmers who gain state approval to farm hemp; and hemp revolution seeds germinating in South Carolina

"...officials have yet to hear a peep out of DEA Administrator Karen Tandy – apparently, Tandy hasn't even found..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

If the DEA has its way, hemp-farming will go to seed

"...to cultivate industrial hemp – and who want the DEA to back off and butt out – before the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

North Dakota ag commissioner signs off on final version of proposed state rule that would allow farmers to obtain state approval to grow industrial hemp

"...definition of pot, its prohibited cousin. Since then, the DEA has tightly controlled hemp production through its power to..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hemp Hemp No Way

The DEA bans hemp-derived food products.

"...That's right: On Oct. 9, the DEA issued a ruling in the Federal Register permanently banning..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Judge supports bid to grow research pot

"...in support of Dr. Lyle Craker's request – the DEA, she opined, should let Craker cultivate a pot crop..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

More than 98% of all marijuana seized by law enforcement under Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program is actually feral hemp – aka 'ditchweed' – and not cultivated, smokeable pot, according to DEA stats; and explanation regarding decriminalization effort e-mail sent to Colorado politicos gets weirder

"..."ditchweed" – and not cultivated, smokeable pot, according to DEA statistics compiled in the State University of New York..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup 12/2/10

News from the frontline of the War on Drugs

"...finally come to act quickly: On Nov. 24, the DEA announced that it would use its emergency scheduling authority..."

Dec. 2, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Feds remain illogically steadfast in opposition to medicinal marijuana

"...vote on the Hinchey-Rohr­a­bacher Amendment, which would direct the DEA to cease pot-prohibition enforcement against medi-pot patients in states..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Hemp-Farming Update

North Dakota Ag commissioner asks DEA to waive individual federal registration requirements for state's licensed hemp farmers

"..."This would simplify the process for growers, while enhancing DEA's ability to monitor and regulate industrial hemp production in..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Please Don't Eat the Hemp

"...substance may have a legitimate industrial use," reads the DEA's press release. The Controlled Substances Act "allows for industrial..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Hindering Hemp

"...the sale of hemp-derived food products. Adopted by the DEA in October 2001 without public notice or comment, the..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 6/3/11

Your dose of drug war news

"...this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the DEA and the Attorney General [Eric Holder] to issue a..."

June 3, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Mr. Hightower:..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Naked City

Please Don't Eat the Hemp

"...substance may have a legitimate industrial use," reads the DEA's press release. The Controlled Substances Act "allows for industrial..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

An overview of the latest developments on drug policy across the nation

"...Administration head Asa Hutchinson. Over the past year the DEA has engaged in numerous raids and seizures of medical..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Austin Chronic: Notorious Lawyer Adam Reposa Gets Raided For Running an Illegal Dispensary

“I want to go to prison,” he claims, but no charges have been filed

"...public information officer, the search was led by the DEA, and TCSO SWAT also participated...."

March 15, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

TDCJ Violating Federal Drug Laws?

Could it be that prison officials have lying to the DEA?

"...the UTMB, and although the med system has "numerous DEA registration numbers, none of them is actually registered to..."

March 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Hemp Farming Battle Update

"...at the center of the ongoing prohibition is the DEA – which has the power to grant, deny, or..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

The feds are again using citizens' dollars to campaign against citizens' drug law reform initiatives.

"...Meanwhile, in Colorado the DEA has been stepping up its efforts to defeat a..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Orrin Hatch, drug law reformer?

"...has been hanging out there since 2004, when the DEA rejected an application – after sitting on it for..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Where the Dope Don't Grow

Feds turn down application for research-marijuana cultivation project

"...university's Medicinal Plant Program, filed an application with the DEA in June 2001, in order to pursue medi-pot research..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...to you. It was illegal drugs, of course, being dealt or used. From this, one of the many peaks..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...the Starck, in 1984. And despite everything -- the DEA's war on drugs, rampant scare stories, and obvious misuse,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

"...salesman gave advice on how to get the best deal on a Dell computer; Dell claimed it contained "proprietary..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Rep. Lloyd Doggett Neighbors Working With AllDear Chronicle,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...the spread of ecstasy, undertaken in conjunction with Federal DEA advisement, are merely a long-overdue attempt to head off..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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