Green Market Report
A Cherokee marijuana businessman from Washington state who also researches some psychedelic compounds filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, asking a federal court to halt the ongoing cannabis rescheduling process to include a broader selection of voices.
David Heldreth, the CEO of Panacea Plant Sciences, filed the lawsuit on Nov. 5 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, against Attorney General Merrick Garland, Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram and Administrative Law Judge John Mulrooney.
Heldreth, who is representing himself in the action, claimed that there are multiple legal issues with how the DEA has proceeded thus far with its planned hearing next year on a proposal to move cannabis to Schedule III from Schedule I.
The DEA erred, Heldreth claimed, by not consulting with Native American tribes, not incorporating input from small businesses, excluding Heldreth and several other pro-cannabis organizations from a list of 25 approved witnesses to offer testimony during the upcoming hearing, and by relying on an “unconstitutional” administrative law judge.
The lawsuit notes that the list that was provided in October by Milgram included 25 parties, but it “didn’t include a single Native American tribe, individual or organization, and additionally no group from a marginalized community.”
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