Earlier this year, the DEA initiated rulemaking to reclassify cannabis as a schedule III narcotic. This is probably the biggest news in cannabis reform since the Controlled Substances Act became law.
A lot of folks had hoped that cannabis would be rescheduled in advance of the 2024 election. Those hopes were dashed when the DEA scheduled a hearing for the proposed reclassification about a month after the election. My colleague, Vince Sliwoski, wrote a post on DEA’s hearing announcement here.
Since DEA announced the hearing in late August (and frankly even before then), I’ve seen a lot of speculation that if President Trump wins, he would derail the rescheduling. That didn’t seem likely given that President Trump (while not very good on cannabis reform in his first term) hadn’t really indicated an intent to derail the rescheduling process– if he even could.
But in the last few weeks, it’s become apparent that no matter who wins, the future will look better for cannabis reform. We’ve already known that Vice President Kamala Harris has changed her views significantly over the years, and now supports cannabis reform. But in the last few weeks, RFK Jr. (probably the most pro-cannabis reform of the
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