Historic DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Opens, Paused Until Mid-January
Historic hearings on marijuana’s status under federal law will begin in earnest sometime in mid-January, an administrative law judge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said during a procedural session Monday.
At that time, hearings will be held “Tuesday through Thursday … for as long as it takes,” said John Mulrooney II, the DEA’s chief administrative law judge.
There’s still no exact date when Mulrooney might rule on moving marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act, which would have profound consequences for the $32 billion legal U.S. cannabis industry.
That long-awaited date appears to be no earlier than February, when some of the parties designated to participate in the rescheduling process indicated availability to give part of what might be a week’s worth of testimony.
In the meantime, more filings in the proceedings are due Dec. 13, with documents due Jan. 3 – two “homework” dates that Mulrooney set Monday.
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“Remember, everybody, this is not a trial whether marijuana is good or bad,” he said at one point.
“I don’t know if it’s good. My issues are much more narrow than that.
“It has to do with addiction potential and several other little pigeonholes that I have.”
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