The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants to know whether medical marijuana businesses seeking federal protections in line with the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling process plan to order cannabis from other states, what types of products they offer and who their suppliers are.
That’s according to a list of 26 questions obtained by Marijuana Moment that agency officials are sending to businesses in Colorado that have filled out a DEA registration form for medical marijuana dispensaries.
Once cannabis operators submit the form, DEA personnel stop by to inspect their facilities and generally have a number of follow-up questions that businesses need to submit answers to.
Cannabis industry sources say the way the agency has been carrying out the inspection process varies between DEA’s regional offices throughout the country, however.
The 26-item questionnaire that Marijuana Moment obtained is being used by DEA’s Rocky Mountain Division, which covers Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming—though the latter state does not have legal medical cannabis.
The questions on the form being sent to Colorado businesses include:
Will you be ordering marijuana or marijuana products from other states? Will you be ordering synthetic cannabinoids? Will you be ordering marijuana seeds or plants in order to grow
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