Officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have begun conducting on-site inspections at marijuana businesses that have registered for federal protections in line with the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling process.
The Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association (3MA) told Marijuana Moment that two of its members were visited by federal officials last week after they filled out a DEA registration form for medical marijuana dispensaries.
“They were told that they were among the first in the country to be visited,” Henry Crisler, director of 3MA, said. “Both dispensaries were visited by 5-6 representatives, and the general tone was collaborative/inquisitive.”
“It seems that the DEA is taking a very slow/curious approach to the entire deal,” he said. “They had a lot of questions regarding general practices.”
DEA agents spent about six hours at High Street Dispensary in Jackson, Mississippi, owner David Fowler said.
The officials were “very cordial” and “did not come in overbearing,” he told Marijuana Moment. “I’m not threatened. It’s just another set of eyes and ears, except it’s at the federal level—really not different than the state side of it.”
Fowler said he gave the agents a full tour of his facility, and that they had a lot of questions
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