DEA - DEA 18 GOP State Attorneys General Want Public Hearing On Cannabis Rescheduling As Deadline Looms | Benzinga
In a recent federal filing, six former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chiefs have called on the agency to hold a public hearing regarding President Joe Biden's mid-May proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III.
Their logic? "Given the magnitude of the impact of the proposed rule and considering we face an unprecedented drug overdose crisis in this country, we write to emphasize that a hearing on this rulemaking is in the public interest."
If you're wondering how the opioid crisis would negatively affect rescheduling cannabis or vice versa, go to the head of the class.
In support of the DEA's request, reports Marijuana Moment,18 state attorneys general also want a hearing, presumably for the same reason.
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