We’ve been waiting on this one for three years. If you’ve frequented this blog, you know three years is basically an eternity in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) years but a blink of an eye in cannabis-and-psychedelics-regulatory years. On July 14, 2026, FDA finally published its final guidance titled “Psychedelic Drugs: Considerations for Clinical Investigations,”
Good news for people who don’t want their airline pilots any higher than they already are.
If you’ve been following the rescheduling saga as closely as I have, you might have assumed that once President Trump signed the executive order directing DEA to move state-licensed medical marijuana and DEA-approved medications to Schedule III, the ripple
We are going to white knuckle our way through a blog post about lawyers and guns without doing the obligatory Warren Zevon plug, but we want you to understand how hard this is for us.
Loyal readers of Budding Trends are well aware of marijuana rescheduling, but we offer the following for those who may
In the summer of 2017, Phish lit up Madison Square Garden with a historic 13-night run. Your friends at Budding Trends believe the marijuana rescheduling decision calls for a rollout just as monumental, so we’ve created the Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen as a fitting homage.
Following the federal government’s move to reschedule medical marijuana from
If you’re familiar with operators in the marijuana industry in the United States, you understand that they can be a paranoid bunch — and often with very good reasons. After all, they operated in the grayest areas of the law for years. I can’t help but think of one of the great anthems of the
Dr. Marty Makary resigned as FDA commissioner last week, barely a year after his Senate confirmation. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed the departure and indicated the agency is searching for a replacement. Kyle Diamantas, FDA’s deputy commissioner for Food, will serve as acting commissioner in the meantime. The vacancy arrives at an extraordinarily
This is the last of 13 posts describing the impacts of marijuana’s rescheduling. An homage to Phish’s historic run at Madison Square Garden in the Summer of 2017, Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen has addressed how rescheduling affects various areas of the law and our daily lives. We hope you’ve enjoyed the run.
The story of
This is the seventh of 13 posts describing the impacts of marijuana’s rescheduling. An homage to Phish’s historic run at Madison Square Garden in the Summer of 2017, Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen will address how rescheduling affects various areas of the law and our daily lives. Enjoy the run.
Those of you who have been
Here at Budding Trends, we like to roll up our “Top 10 Weed Roundup” between the sacred and renowned 420 holidays. Each year, we pack a recap post with 10 highly read blog posts since the previous 420 to see what’s shakin’ on shakedown street over the last year — and we have seen
You’re fired. Last Thursday, in a move that had been the subject of widespread speculation but perhaps earlier than some predicted, President Trump announced that Pam Bondi had been removed from her post as attorney general. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will take over on an acting basis.
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