DEA Judge Scolds Agency For Failure To Submit Marijuana Rescheduling Evidence

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge is scolding the agency for failing to provide required documents ahead of Monday’s initial marijuana rescheduling hearing and directing officials—in bold, all-caps text—to furnish them later this month. He also announced the timeline for merit-based hearings on the proposed rule. In a prehearing ruling issued on Wednesday, DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) John Mulrooney laid out next steps in the cannabis rescheduling process, with testimony now set to begin…