A medical marijuana dispensary owner in Mississippi is planning to fight a decision by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that she says could force her to fire two good employees if she wants to register for federal protections in line with the Trump administration’s move to federally reschedule cannabis.
Nicole Huff, CEO of the Wildflower Medical Dispensary in Aberdeen, shared with Marijuana Moment correspondence that a DEA official sent about the two workers in question, who have past felony convictions. As a result of those criminal records, the business must either fire the employees, withdraw its application for federal protections, seek a waiver while becoming ineligible for expedited processing or go before an agency judge.
“I am frustrated and disappointed that, after these two individuals have worked for me for more than a year without any issues or disciplinary actions, the DEA would require me to remove them from their positions,” Huff told Marijuana Moment.
Ashlie Way, a diversion investigator with DEA’s Jackson District Office, sent Huff an email last Thursday saying that “because you have the 2 employees who have felony convictions, you have the following options when it comes to your application.”
“You can waive your right to
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