Marijuana Rescheduling Hearings
This is the landing page for www.marijuanarescheduling.com where I will track the historic DEA rulemaking proceedings to reschedule marijuana as it unfolds. This rulemaking not only will determine whether marijuana should be removed from Schedule I, but will have a significant import on the rescheduling of psychedelics and drug scheduling generally.
One would think these proceedings should be publicly accessible. After all, business conducted by federal agencies is the public’s business. Filings in public rulemaking proceedings ought to be accessible. This is doubly true with proceedings to remove marijuana from Schedule I.
Sadly, this is not the case. Unlike court and other federal agency proceedings, DEA adjudications and rulemakings are not transparent. In fact, they effectively take place in secret. Looking at you team #DOGE.
This is, of course, unfortunate. Throwing up a public docket to track the proceedings would take no time at all. The technology to do this has existed for decades. Indeed, I’ve thought about throwing up a quick WordPress site to track these proceedings myself—but I’m busy being a lawyer and participating in the proceedings.
For now, I will endeavor to publish the orders, submissions, and filings from the case here and below.
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New (11/25/2024)
11/25/2024 - Government’s Response to Tribunal’s 11/20/24 Briefing Order
11/25/2024 - SAM Response to Tribunal’s 11/21/24 Briefing Order
Upcoming Schedule
December 2, 2024 - Preliminary hearing