Cannabis rescheduling is still on hold under Trump, DEA says (Newsletter: July 9, 2025)

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*/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW*

The Drug Enforcement Administration said in an update to an agency judge
that the cannabis rescheduling process is still on hold and “remains
pending” before Acting Administrator Robert Murphy, who previously spoke at
a conference hosted by prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to
Marijuana.

- “No briefing schedule has been set.”

The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected this week to join its House
counterpart in approving legislation to ban consumable hemp products with a
quantifiable amount of THC.

- Industry sources told Marijuana Moment that Sen. Mitch McConnell
(R-KY), who championed hemp legalization in 2018, is behind the effort to
now close the so-called “loophole.”

A new Pew Research Center poll shows that nearly nine in ten American
adults support legalizing marijuana for either recreational or medical use—with
plurality support across party lines for recreational cannabis legalization.

- “Support for marijuana legalization has increased dramatically in
recent decades.”

A new Congressional Research Service report says that courts across the
country are “grappling with…renewed constitutional attacks” against a
federal law banning marijuana consumers from owning guns—noting that
lawmakers could consider adding “clarity” to its application, or even
whether it “should be rescinded.”

Alaska activists filed an initial batch of signatures to trigger the
process of qualifying a psychedelics legalization initiative for the 2026
ballot that would allow noncommercial cultivation and sharing of DMT,
mescaline and psilocybin while also establishing a regulated system of
licensed healing centers.

A former Nebraska senator is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a
medical cannabis case he filed seeking to overturn the voter-approved
legalization law.

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the State Police and Polk County
Sheriff’s Office improperly used warrantless aerial surveillance to bust an
illegal marijuana cultivation operation, saying an officer “used technology
to obtain information from inside [the] defendant’s private structures that
was undetectable from his vantage point in public airspace.”

*/ FEDERAL*

Organizations funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration will host an event about the “adverse impacts of cannabis
use on adolescents and young adults” on Thursday.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted, “Marijuana should not be a Schedule
I drug. Throwback clip to 2018!”

*/ STATES*

New Jersey lawmakers declined to increase the cannabis social equity excise
fee in budget legislation.

A New York senator discussed efforts to pass legislation to aid the
cannabis industry.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from a former Oklahoma Medical
Marijuana Authority employee who claimed she was fired for whistleblowing.

A California judge declined class action status for a lawsuit that a
vintner filed against a nearby cannabis cultivation operation over “noxious
odors.”

Vermont regulators published updated guidance on various cannabis issues.

Minnesota regulators published guidance on cannabis business final plans of
record.

U.S. Virgin Islands regulators are now accepting cannabis dispensary
license applications.

California regulators led seven operations in a single day that resulted in
$4.9 million worth of illegal cannabis being seized.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture posted a recipe for strawberry hemp
heart ice cream.

The Rhode Island Cannabis Advisory Board will meet on Thursday.


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*/ INTERNATIONAL*

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the
government will raise the legal age for marijuana, alcohol and gambling to
25.

*/ SCIENCE & HEALTH*

A review concluded that “topical or transdermal formulations containing CBD
have anti-inflammatory properties via inhibition of NF-kB signaling pathway
and upregulation of keratin 6 and 16 in psoriasis patients.”

A study found that “high-dose-LSD-assisted therapy reduced depressive
symptoms more than low-dose therapy.”

*/ BUSINESS*

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. bought out its minority partner in Curaleaf
International Holdings Limited.

Blue Sky Hemp Ventures Ltd. sold its hemp-based food division to Fresh Hemp
Foods.

Organigram Global Inc. announced its recently acquired beverage business,
Collective Project, launched an e-commerce platform.

Arkansas dispensaries sold $23.2 million worth of medical cannabis products
in June.

*/ CULTURE*

Mike Tyson spoke about his efforts to encourage the Trump administration to
follow through on its cannabis reform campaign pledges.

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