The words “expedited hearing” are losing their grip on the cannabis rescheduling process, as the judge assigned to the task entertains reopening the proceedings “for limited discovery and testimony” at the demand of prohibitionist parties.
Derek C. Julius, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief administrative law judge, granted another motion on Oct. 14 to allow anti-rescheduling parties to reply to a recent DEA filing, and he ordered the DEA to respond to the opponents’ request to reopen the hearing process for additional testimony and discovery.
