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What happened: The Drug Enforcement Administration’s hearings on whether to move cannabis from the most restrictive Schedule I to the less restrictive Schedule III are set to kick off on January 21.

But there’s been a lot of back-and-forth over who’s allowed to say what at the hearings.

And now, some groups say the DEA — via its conduct leading up to proposing the rule and its improper contact with anti-cannabis group Smart Approaches to Marijuana — is itself opposed to rescheduling cannabis, and should be removed as a “proponent” of the rule.

The DEA, as a proponent, is theoretically supposed to be defending the move. But the agency’s planned testimony suggests otherwise.

Zoom in: In a Monday filing, cannabis firm Village Farms International and advocacy group Hemp for Victory said that the DEA is using its authority in the hearings to “thwart a proposal it vehemently opposes.”

The filing alleges that the DEA rejected Colorado’s participation in the hearings — the state is one of the oldest legal cannabis markets in the US — and that the DEA’s proposed testimony in the hearing “echoes anti-rescheduling talking points,” such as the notion that cannabis has a high potential for abuse, among other alleged conflicts of interest.

What’s next: The judge overseeing the rescheduling proceedings, John Mulrooney, on Tuesday ordered the agency to respond to the allegations by next week.




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