Category Medicine and Healthcare

Could DEA Be Next? EPA Firings Spark Questions About DEA's Accountability in MMJ's Marijuana Licensing Delays
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Could DEA Be Next? EPA Firings Spark Questions About DEA's Accountability in MMJ's Marijuana Licensing Delays

After the EPA dismissed employees who publicly criticized its leadership, attention is turning to the Drug Enforcement Administration's Diversion Control Division, long accused of obstructing FDA-approved cannabis research. With DEA officials Matthew Strait and Thomas Prevoznik retired and attorney Aarathi Haig facing ethical questions, patient advocates warn that new DEA Administrator Terry Cole may soon be forced to take similar disciplinary action against insiders who blocked MMJ BioPharma Cultivation's clinical trials for Huntington's disease and Multiple Sclerosis.

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MMJ Marijuana Patients' Battles Against DEA: Trump Marijuana Decision Imminent
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MMJ Marijuana Patients' Battles Against DEA: Trump Marijuana Decision Imminent

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

The retirement of Matthew Strait and Thomas Prevoznik is not closure-it is the beginning of a reckoning with the DEA's culture of obstruction.

"Thomas Prevoznik may have pulled the trigger, but Matthew Strait loaded the gun," said Duane Boise, CEO of MMJ International Holdings. "Now the question is whether Administrator Cole will keep allowing Aarathi Haig to pull the strings, or whether he'll finally restore constitutional accountability. Patients' lives depend on it."

The Seven Year Regulatory Ordeal Blocking Medical Innovation

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