President Donald Trump wasted no time on Tuesday announcing his pick to lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and it the new DEA czar has vocally opposed federal marijuana rescheduling begun under President Joe Biden. Special Agent Derek Maltz of the DEA was named to be acting administrator of the …
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is President Donald Trump’s choice for the next U.S. attorney general, has refused to answer questions from federal lawmakers as to where she stands on specific cannabis reform issues, including rescheduling and potential federal enforcement on marijuana companies. In written responses last week …
A Drug Enforcement Administration judge has forwarded a legal challenge over the ongoing marijuana rescheduling process to the agency’s administrator. The move comes amid a federal leadership transition that could affect who ultimately decides how the reclassification will play out. Chief Administrative Law Judge John J. Mulrooney II transmitted a …
Kenny Morrison launched his marijuana edibles company, Venice Cookie Co., in 2008, at the height of the preregulation medical marijuana industry boom in Southern California. A dozen years later, after watching new state regulations strangle much of the industry with red tape, Morrison decided to focus instead on a single… …