The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) released more details regarding its recommendation to the DEA to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). On Thursday, attorneys Shane Pennington and Matt Zorn released 250 pages of redacted documents on their blog On Drugs.
The documents came some three months following the HHS' recommendation.
In August, Zorn filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requesting a copy of the letter. He received a response last week that the HHS had “conducted a search” and determined “there are no records responsive to your request.” In October, Zorn filed a complaint in the DC District Court against the HHS demanding ...