DEA Begins Formal Process to Deschedule Cannabis
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has begun to publicly share details about its long-anticipated hearings on cannabis rescheduling.
The agency announced last week that Dec. 2 will mark the beginning of its “formal hearing proceedings” on the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
A “preliminary hearing” is expected “to address legal and logistical issues and discuss future dates for the evidentiary hearing on the merits. No witness testimony will be offered or received at this time.”
The hearing began today at 9am and will continue until 5pm at the DEA’s headquarters in Virginia, and a live stream is available.
Nearly two dozen entities requested to participate in the hearing process, but a DEA administrative law judge determined last week that only a dozen had “established standing” to do so.