U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is looking to buy portable marijuana analyzers to quickly identify cannabinoid profiles and help distinguish between marijuana and federally legal hemp. In a recent notice, CBP said it is soliciting “statements of work” from companies that manufacture cannabis analyzers that meet the agency’s functional standards. While it didn’t say […]| Marijuana Moment
A coalition of more than 20 U.S. senators has filed a resolution condemning the arrests of American citizens in Russia, including a Pennsylvania medical cannabis patient, Marc Fogel, who is serving a a 14-year sentence over simple possession of marijuana. Sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the measure was filed to mark the […]| Marijuana Moment
Three senators requested a review of Border Patrol immigration checkpoint actions on Tuesday, citing a past report that found a significant number of searches and seizures were executed against U.S. citizens for low-level marijuana possession. The request to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlines a number of data points concerning checkpoint enforcement that the senators […]| Marijuana Moment
A GOP senator is calling on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to “reverse” its updated policy that narrows the window of employment ineligibility over past marijuana use from two years to three months, arguing that it “undermines the security and integrity of the Border Patrol workforce” and questioning the “trustworthiness” of recruits who used […]| Marijuana Moment
Federal officials have been seizing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana from state-licensed cannabis businesses in New Mexico in recent weeks—detaining industry workers in what appears to be a localized escalation of national prohibition enforcement even as the federal government has largely refrained from interfering with the implementation of state legalization laws in […]| Marijuana Moment
It is “unacceptable” that the Department of Justice has yet to reissue federal marijuana enforcement guidance to discourage interference in state cannabis programs, leaving Americans in a “legal limbo” despite promises to update the policy, two Democratic congressional lawmakers said in a new letter to the attorney general. Writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland on […]| Marijuana Moment
When it comes to U.S. Border Patrol drug seizures, many people probably assume agents are primarily targeting large shipments of illegal substances being smuggled by international cartels. But at checkpoints across the country, agents are mostly taking small amounts of marijuana from American citizens, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]| Marijuana Moment
“Say no to CBD,” federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is telling its workers—and their family members. The agency recently published an overview of issues related to the non-intoxicating cannabinoid, warning that CBD products remain unregulated and may contain concentrations of THC that could show up in a drug test. CBP isn’t technically prohibiting workers […]| Marijuana Moment
