Ganja Law

The Drug Enforce­ment Admin­is­tra­tion (DEA) cre­at­ed a Guid­ance Doc­u­ment for the Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act (RFRA) in 2009 which is at the heart of a case argued before the Unit­ed States Court of Appeals for the Dis­trict of Colum­bia Cir­cuit on Novem­ber 14, 2025.  In re: Iowas­ka Church of Heal­ing, No. 25–1140.  The Guid­ance Doc­u­ment … Reli­gious Excep­tions to the CSA

From 2005 to 2010, med­ical neces­si­ty has now been adopt­ed by a total of twelve states and the Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy takes a deep dive into the sci­ence. 1961 Sin­gle Con­ven­tion, March 30, 1961, 18 U.S.T. 1407, 30 T.I.A.S. No. 6298, 520 U.N.T.S. 151 “… a gen­er­al­ly accept­able inter­na­tion­al con­ven­tion replac­ing exist­ing treaties on … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 8

From 2000 to 2005, med­ical neces­si­ty has now been adopt­ed by a total of nine states but the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment and the state of Iowa reject the argu­ment say­ing the statutes clas­si­fy it as hav­ing no med­ical use. RFRA (1993) The Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act (RFRA) was enact­ed to over­rule the deci­sion in Employ­ment Divi­sion … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 7

From 1990 to 2000, the saga of repeat­ed fail­ure to resched­ule mar­i­jua­na and the emer­gence of ear­ly home grow laws in Cal­i­for­nia, Alas­ka, Ore­gon, and Wash­ing­ton. Show Tri­al of our Lives, the Final Bat­tle, right Now The First Amend­ment Ency­clo­pe­dia: Facial Chal­lenges Con­sti­tu­tion of the Unit­ed States: First Amend­ment Unit­ed States Depart­ment of Jus­tice : … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 6

Some things I was unclear on after the deci­sion in Employ­ment Divi­sion v. Smith in 1990: (1) like most peo­ple, I thought the 1964 deci­sion by the Cal­i­for­nia Supreme Court in Peo­ple v. Woody cor­rect­ly applied the First Amend­ment to the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion to the reli­gious use of pey­ote; and (2) I thought my equal … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 5

This episode explains why the fed­er­al exemp­tion for reli­gious use of pey­ote is a reg­u­la­tion instead of a statute. Town v State ex rel. Reno, 377 So.2d 648, 651 (Fla. 1979), “… would, for all prac­ti­cal pur­pos­es, legal­ize the use of cannabis for any­one, mem­ber or non­mem­ber of the Ethiopi­an Zion Cop­tic Church …” Unit­ed … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 4

More from the Inter­na­tion­al Nar­cotics Con­trol Board on treaty com­pli­ance, the fed­er­al courts on reli­gious exemp­tions for con­trolled sub­stances, and Iowa wants to add raw cannabis to its med­ical pro­gram. Unit­ed Nations Com­mis­sion on Nar­cot­ic Drugs, Six­­ty-sixth ses­sion, Vien­na, Aus­tria, 13–17 March 2023 Inter­na­tion­al Nar­cotics Con­trol Board, 2022 Annu­al Report, March 16, 2023 Analy­sis of … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 3

List of Nar­cot­ic Drugs Under Inter­na­tion­al Con­trol Com­mis­sion on Nar­cot­ic Drugs, Decem­ber 2, 2020 Inter­na­tion­al Nar­cotics Con­trol Board, March 9, 2023 List of Psy­chotrop­ic Sub­stances Under Inter­na­tion­al Con­trol Con­ven­tion on Psy­chotrop­ic Sub­stances, Sig­na­tures Con­gres­sion­al Record, July 8, 1965 Fed­er­al Reg­is­ter, March 19, 1966 21 C.F.R. § 166.3©(3) (1968) U.S. House Hear­ings, Feb­ru­ary 3, 1970 1925 … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 2

DRUG-RELATED TREATIES Sin­gle Con­ven­tion on Nar­cot­ic Drugs, 1961 Sin­gle Con­ven­tion on Nar­cot­ic Drugs, Sig­na­tures List of Nar­cot­ic Drugs Under Inter­na­tion­al Con­trol Con­ven­tion on Psy­chotrop­ic Sub­stances, 1971 Con­ven­tion on Psy­chotrop­ic Sub­stances, Sig­na­tures List of Psy­chotrop­ic Sub­stances Under Inter­na­tion­al Con­trol