CBD Ban? DEA Tries to Reclassify Non-THC Cannabis Oil as Schedule 1By Makia Freeman Thislatent stunt by the DEA is sure to be met with fierce resistance by a legion of Americans who are well aware of the health benefits of the cannabis plant. Legally speaking, the move is also highly dubious in nature, given that the DEA is by definition part of the executive branch of government (tasked with carrying out laws and enforcing them), not the legislative branch of government (tasked with making laws). Doesthis new rule carry legal weight? Will it amount to a CBD ban? The timing of this move is interesting, given how recently the DEA tried to reschedule another substance: kratom. It was only around 5 months ago that the DEA tried to reclassify kratom by attempting to place it in the dreaded Schedule 1 category. A determined number of Americans fought back and the DEA decided to drop the matter. Some have speculated that the reason may have been to help the DEAs favorite client, Big Pharma: Since this story is breaking, there is still much uncertainty about whether it will lead to a CBD ban or not. For example, this Inquisitr article firmly states that it will lead to a CBD ban: The Wednesday decision states that according to the DEA, CBD oil, and any cannabis extract falls under code 7350, a new federal code, and thus carries Schedule 1 status. The ruling is not a change in federal law, but rather a clarification of existing statutes. CBD oil manufacturers have long operated under the theory that since their product was produced from hemp, which contains a lower amount of THC than is illegal under federal guidelines, they were in legal territory at the federal level. The DEA CBD oil decision removes the ambiguity and places CBD firmly under Schedule 1. The announcement means that CBD oil manufacturers and distributes will have to update their registrations to the new code 7350 by January 13 in the states in which it is legal to produce.It will be illegal to transport the substance over state lines, and the long-term consequences for the CBD oil industry, as well as patients who use it, is unclear. However, the Forium Legal Counselbelieves the DEA is blowing hot air and acting totally outside of its jurisdiction, urging CBD businesses and consumers not to panic: Regarding the legal status of CBD derived from industrial hemp: The 2014 US Farm Bill was an act of congress signed by the president and that is the highest law of the land. The DEAcannotmake law and try to redefine a law passedby the US Congress which defined industrial hemp in section 7606 asAny cannabis sativa L that produces naturally less than .3% THC on a dry weight basis. Furthermore, the DEA is not allowed to interfere with a legal state licensed cannabis business there is very recent case law that set precedent for this in the 9th circuit. See here:http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ruling-marijuana-idUSKCN10R1YN Lastly, the DEA was purposely de-funded by the US Congress last year(and is poised to do the same for this year: This strange new DEA rule is going against the tide of the recent movement to legalize marijuana or cannabis, as was evidenced in the recent November 2016 elections where California, Maine, Massachusetts and other states voted to make it recreationally or medically legal. You can be sure that many cannabis lawyers, businesses and consumers are going to do their utmost to stop governmental overreach and prevent a CBD ban from occurring. Want the latest commentaryand analysis on Conspiracy, Geopolitics, Natural Health, Sovereignty, Consciousness and more? Sign up forfree blog updates! Makia Freeman is the editor of alternative media / independent newssiteThe Freedom Articlesand senior researcher atToolsForFreedom.com, where this article first appeared. Writing on many aspects of truth and freedom, from exposing aspects of the worldwideconspiracy to suggesting solutions for how humanity can create a new system of peace and abundance. Sources: The DEA is another waste of taxpayer money. This is not a new ban: CBD extract has always been banned; it just creates a new code to facllitate tracking. Trumps new Attorney General Sessions is a signal of a coming crackdown on marijuana, legal, recreational and medicinal. Legal pots future is in a haze, thanks to President-elect Trumps nomination of a staunchly anti-marijuana lawmaker for attorney general. Good people dont smoke marijuana, said Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions in an April Senate hearing. That view from the nations incoming top cop, a sharply different tone than President Obamas, has cast a pall over an industry thats recently celebrated a watershed moment. Voters in eight states relaxed their marijuana laws on Nov. 8, raising to 29 the states that now permit medical use of marijuana, and eight with legal recreational laws on the books. Legal marijuana is one thing many Americans agreed on Tuesday night This is one more Trump choice which insults the American People, who now favor legalizing pot. Duh, I was saying that would happen back when Obama was allowing all this to happen. its just another ruse for fishers of men to extort people of their money. Get them doing something then let them think its okay to do it, and after they have done it for awhile start cracking down on the use of it, and generally there will be a percentage of people who will go under ground where the police then sell it, then arrest you for it, then create millions of federal dollars combating it in the so called war on drugs. Its criminal racketeering. DuhObama has been the most pot friendly President ever, the only one who admitted he weas a pot head. He does not control the DEA and certainly has no control in his last weeks. You are using racist thinking to blame Obama for things over which he has been the most liberal of all Presidents. Just wait until the guy who thinks pothead should be in prison takes over Justice in a few months: hide your stash. Hes coming for you, and complaining about Obama will not serve as a defense! Dale, you are misinformed. In the last 18 months, there have been 4 (I believe) cases that ruled against the DEAs assertion of being able to regulate CBD oil. That is why they are trying to do this rule Thank you for the correction. Whether CBD is legal or not is problematic, but there are cases that restrained the DEA, whose new ruling will no doubt be strongly defended by the new head of Dept of Justice, who considers any form of cannabis a danger. The real issue is how we will fight the tougher policies inevitable since personel is policy. See http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/jeff-sessions-coming-war-on-legal-marijuana-214501 As part of my cancer treatment, I used a cannabis extract (which did not work) but contnue to use CBD oil, along with B-17 and mitoq, which appears to be working. Also remember that States Do have Rights!! I would question the legality of how far they expect to push against states rights these days, the establishment seems to say that all bets are off, so to speak. Dale Ruff and his ilk always bring out the race card no matter what the argument. 