The Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing its first federal registrations to state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, the Justice Department announced Oct. 30. The initial registrations cover more than 900 dispensaries in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The registrations are the first phase of implementing Attorney General Todd Blanche’s April 23 order, which established a federal regulatory framework for qualifying medical marijuana businesses under Schedule III controls while keeping federal oversight under the Controlled Substances Act. Each dispensary had to meet federal requirements, including a DEA pre-registration… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More
DEA issues first medical marijuana registrations in 7 states
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