The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the DEA on Monday to respond within 30 days to the suit arguing the agency has been “dragging their heels” for the approval of the medical marijuana company’s API Bulk Manufacturing Registration.
What happened: Cannabis researcher MMJ International Holdings Corp (MMJ) sued the DEA over a bulk manufacturing application that was submitted almost five years ago and never processed. In August, the company filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Now, the court ...