The Trump administration is reportedly ready to move ahead with marijuana rescheduling.
More than four months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general to expeditiously finish the process of moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the administration may be finally prepared to move forward.
Citing an administration official familiar with the matter, Axios reported that action could come as soon as Wednesday.
The Washington Post added that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is planning to announce a new administrative hearing on cannabis rescheduling, citing two sources.
Early last year, a DEA administrative law judge canceled a prior hearing process on marijuana rescheduling amid litigation from pro-reform parties that alleged improper agency communications and witness selection decisions.
The Post’s sources cautioned that the administration’s current rescheduling plans could change ahead of an official announcement.
A White House official told Marijuana Moment on Wednesday that “the administration continues to expeditiously implement President Trump’s December executive order to increase medical marijuana research to close the gap between current medical marijuana use and medical knowledge.”
For “specifics related to possible reclassification,” the official referred questions to the Department of Justice, but
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