A DEA judge cancelled a hearing to consider a proposal to reclassify marijuana amid allegations that officials at the agency improperly conferred with witnesses.

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge has advised the head of the agency that the ball is back in her court with respect to the Biden administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal, providing notice of a request for leave to file appeal that he granted this week in the hearing proceedings.

DEA cancels hearing on marijuana rescheduling amid legal challenge, delaying reform for at least three months. Read more here.

DEA's refusal to comply with direct orders is “unprecedented and astonishing," says the judge overseeing the marijuana rescheduling hearing.

Had we not intervened, the hearing would have gone ahead with DEA openly tipping the scales against rescheduling.” By Michael DeGiglio, Village Farms & Robert Head, Hemp for Victory As the leaders of Village Farms and Hemp for Victory,

A last-minute Biden administration effort to loosen restrictions on marijuana by rescheduling, or reclassifying it, as a less dangerous drug has come up short.