DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Ends as Opposition Witnesses Fall Short
Every nongovernment participant selected for the DEA’s rescheduling hearing opposed reform. By the time the record closed, one marquee witness had undercut a central part of his side’s case, another had reportedly acknowledged that cannabis meets the Schedule III criteria, and the opposition’s strongest agency scientist had exposed the legal question likely to shape what […]
Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Wraps Up, With DEA Judge Laying Out Next Steps
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal has concluded, and the agency judge overseeing the proceedings has laid out a timeline for participating parties to file post-hearing briefs ahead of his own forthcoming recommendation on the reform. The multi-day hearing, which began late last month, wrapped up on Wednesday […]
Marijuana Companies Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Defend Rescheduling By Joining Lawsuit, Anti-Cannabis Groups Say
Marijuana reform opponents are asking a federal court not to let two medical cannabis companies intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to block the Trump administration from moving forward with federally rescheduling the drug. The businesses—MedPharm Iowa, LLC, which does business as Bud & Mary’s, and Tri-Mountain Pure, LLC—moved late last month to join the […]
Military issues anti-cannabis warning despite rescheduling (Newsletter: July 16, 2026)
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Marijuana Rescheduling Foes Have ‘Pocketbook Interests,’ DOJ Says
For months, the loudest opponents of rescheduling have called reform a corporate payday. In a July 2 filing defending rescheduling, the Justice Department told a federal court the money is on the other side: the two groups trying to freeze the policy are guarding a commercial interest the drug laws were never written to protect. […]
Most cannabis consumers don’t expect full rescheduling this year, poll shows (Newsletter: July 9, 2026)
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Inside DEA’s cannabis rescheduling hearing (Newsletter: July 6, 2026)
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DOJ slams ‘pocketbook interests’ opposing cannabis rescheduling (Newsletter: July 3, 2026)
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Marijuana Opponents Attack Government Analysis Behind Rescheduling Recommendation On Second Day Of DEA Hearing
Lawyers for marijuana reform opponents that are participating in a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal put significant focus on the second day of the proceedings on pressing a government witness about recently adopted changes to an analysis used to determine whether drugs have accepted medical value. A separate […]
DEA highlights cannabis’s medical benefits & relative safety in rescheduling hearing (Newsletter: June 30, 2026)
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