DEA Names 7 Anti-Rescheduling Parties for Cannabis Hearing, Zero Pro Parties
Derek C. Julius will be the DEA’s chief administrative law judge
Those who thought the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stacked the cannabis rescheduling deck in favor of prohibitionists under the Joe Biden administration may be in for more disappointment.
Under a new administrative law judge hearing process that’s scheduled to begin June 29 – for the DEA to determine the merits of a proposed rule to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) – President Donald Trump’s administration will only entertain testimony from those who oppose the proposed rule.
The DEA announced seven “interested persons” on June 18 who are “adversely affected or aggrieved” by the proposed rule, all of whom are against loosening federal restrictions on cannabis. The seven designated participants include:
- National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association (NDASA)
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)
- The states of Nebraska, Idaho, Indiana and Louisiana
- DUID Victim Voices
- Kenneth Finn, M.D.
- Phillip A. Drum, Pharm.D.
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