DOT: Rescheduling won’t end marijuana testing; Federal cannabis research bill; DE licenses; MD industry workforce program; NY illegal cannabis buyback
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified at a congressional hearing that moving cannabis to Schedule III would “not alter DOT’s marijuana testing requirements” for truck drivers.
The Internal Revenue Service published a reminder that the 280E tax penalty on marijuana businesses still applies until rescheduling is finalized—adding that some cannabis companies are already filing amended returns to get refunds but that “these claims are not valid.”
Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) filed a marijuana research bill that would set a federal science agenda on the issue and designate universities as Centers of
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