Trump DEA pick says cannabis rescheduling review is a top priority (Newsletter: May 1, 2025)

Trump DEA pick says cannabis rescheduling review is a top priority (Newsletter: May 1, 2025)

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Attorney Shane Pennington On Cole's Rescheduling Priorities

Host Shadd Dales and Anthony Varrell welcome back attorney Shane Pennington to unpack the legal realities behind the week’s biggest cannabis headline: Donald Trump’s DEA nominee, Terry Cole, stating that marijuana rescheduling will be “one of [his] first priorities” if confirmed. But what does that actually mean? Pennington breaks it down in layman’s terms—clarifying where we are in the current rescheduling and appeals process. Also in this Trad…

The Week in Weed: May 2, 2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the Congressional Cannabis Caucus is hoping to lift the ban on cannabis research. A DC dispensary heard from the U.S. Attorney for DC. Cannabis lounges are coming to Maryland. Delaware makes some progress on its fingerprinting issue. And finally, exactly what kind of grass is in those Easter baskets? FEDERAL LEGISLATION The Cong…

Marijuana rescheduling will be among DEA nominee’s ‘priorities’ but …

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DEA Nominee Views Cannabis Reclassification as Priority, Stops Short of Guarantee

Terrance Cole, tapped by President Trump to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, testified his administration would make reviewing cannabis’s federal status a top concern while avoiding firm commitments about the outcome. “It’ll be one of my first priorities when I arrived at DEA to see where we are in the administrative process,” Cole told the Senate Judiciary Committee during his April 30 hearing regarding the proposal to shift cannabis t…

DEA pick says 'time to move forward' on cannabis reform

Federal cannabis reform has been in bureaucratic purgatory for several months. An effort to move the plant from Schedule I to Schedule III was paused indefinitely earlier this year. While not the same as full legalization, the change would make it easier for cannabis companies to do business. A big hangup in the process has been the arrival of a new administration in Washington. But the path toward a nationwide pot policy shift could be back on …