A cannabis company set to be a part of the hearings later this month to support the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III has accused the DEA of using debunked studies and ignoring the public comment phase and is asking they be removed from the hearings.
This is a stunning accusation, considering the DEA should be in support of this rescheduling if it should ever move towards being a reality.
Village Farms International and Hemp for Victory has requested (again) on Tuesday that the DEA judge overseeing the hearing remove the DEA as a proponent of the rescheduling considering it seems they are acting much more like an opponent.
Last week, the DEA’s pharmacologist released a declaration to the judge that questioned rescheduling marijuana by claiming it has a “huge abuse potential and no currently accepted medical use.” Village Farms claims that the pharmacologist was using a test that was rejected by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, and did not use their actual binding opinion that was in favor of rescheduling.
All in all, this situation is much messier than anticipated and if the DEA isn’t on the side of rescheduling, then it doesn’t look very likely that it’ll happen.
Read the original story at Marijuana Moment, and the Village Farms motion here.
