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Marijuana Moment
The first Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Biden administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal took place on Monday, with proponents and opponents appearing for a largely procedural meeting to prepare for more substantive hearings next year.
The judge overseeing the proceedings made clear that the hearings are not meant to determine “whether marijuana is good or marijuana is bad.”
DEA said last week that the preliminary hearing would “serve as a procedural day to address legal and logistical issues and discuss future dates for the evidentiary hearing on the merits,” with no merit-based witness testimony being taken at this stage.
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