Marijuana Moment’s push request for public and media livestream access to the historic federal cannabis rescheduling hearings starting next week is being joined by a member of Congress and other journalists.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) on Friday sent a letter to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), saying that the marijuana rescheduling process that is underway is “historic.”
“I write to request that the hearings be made accessible to the public in real time,” Cohen wrote to DEA administrator Terrance Cole. “Live streaming technologies have become ubiquitous and a common way Americans interact with the government. In late 2024, when undertaking a similar effort, your agency allowed the proceedings to be livestreamed because of ‘the public interest in this matter’ and followed from your agency’s ‘commitment to conducting a transparent proceeding.’
“I do not see any reason why that rationale wouldn’t hold today, especially regarding such an important and impactful matter,” the congressman wrote. “I have long been an advocate for transparency in court room processes and believe this is a rare opportunity to inform the public about rulemaking and administrative adjudication.”
Cohen’s letter follows a pair of requests that Marijuana Moment’s lawyer submitted to Cole and to
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