The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has contacted 25 “designated participants” to testify at a Dec. 2 hearing about marijuana rescheduling, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily.
Before marijuana can be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram ordered that the matter go before an administrative law judge.
The 25 participants will appear before DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge John Mulrooney II, who has served in that position since 2009, according to a letter from Milgram dated Oct. 28.
Among other instructions, the letter directs “Designated Participants who will participate” to “come prepared with January-February 2025 availability dates” for participants and counsel to appear.
The unprecedented hearing is scheduled for just under seven weeks before President Joe Biden leaves office.
That’s a strong indication that marijuana will remain a Schedule 1 substance until after Biden vacates the White House on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025.