U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius will hear arguments for and against the Biden administration-era proposal to relax federal restrictions on “marijuana”(as defined under federal law) from the Trump Justice Department. And whatever evidence and testimony that seven opponents of cannabis reform selected for participation present, both those arguments and Julius’ eventual decision could have little bearing on what happens next, observers of the process told MJBizDaily.
“There will not be a ‘verdict’ at the end like you would see in a trial,” said Riana Durrett, a law professor and director of the Cannabis Policy Institute at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, told MJBizDaily.
