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The bill includes a provision that would make hemp a legal agricultural commodity after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky championed the proposal, even joining the farm bill conference committee to ensure it would be incorporated. Among other changes to existing law, hemp will be removed from the federal list of controlled substances and hemp farmers will be able to apply for crop insurance.
Although the President may not unilaterally deschedule or reschedule a controlled substance, he does possess a large degree of indirect influence over scheduling decisions. The President could pursue the appointment of agency officials who favor descheduling, or use executive orders to direct DEA, HHS, and FDA to consider administrative descheduling of marijuana. The notice-and-comment rulemaking process would take time, and would be subject to judicial review if challenged, but could be done consistently with the CSA's procedural requirements. In the alternative, the President could work with Congress to pursue descheduling through an amendment to the CSA.
DEA has testified in response to questioning at a congressional hearing in 2020 that it is bound by FDA's recommendations on scientific and medical matters, and if past is prologue it could be likely that DEA will reschedule marijuana according to HHS's recommendation
This year's Farm Bill, however, goes much further, changing federal law on industrial and commercial hemp and, remarkably, introducing the first-ever changes to the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
A new survey of likely U.S. voters hones in on the possibility of rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III on the federal Controlled Substances Act, finding broad support across demographics and suggesting Biden could see an 11% favorability boost if it occurs. If the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) recommendation to reschedule cannabis on the federal Controlled Substances Act becomes a reality, it could make an impact on President Joe Biden's favorability ahead of the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
The Wall Street Journal revealed that earlier this month, at a $1 million-a-plate fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club, Trump told donors — including Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers — that he was interested in [rescheduling].
In a video announcement Thursday, President Joe Biden said he is "committed to righting" the wrongs of a "failed approach to marijuana."
The [bill] for the first time amends the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 so that industrial hemp plants containing no more than 0.3 percent THC are no longer classified as a schedule I controlled substance. (See page 1182, Section 12608: 'Conforming changes to controlled substances act.') Certain cannabinoid compounds extracted from the hemp plant would also be exempt from the CSA.
Analysis shows 69% of commenters want the proposed rule change to go further and for marijuana to be decriminalized
The bill includes a provision that would make hemp a legal agricultural commodity after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky championed the proposal, even joining the farm bill conference committee to ensure it would be incorporated. Among other changes to existing law, hemp will be removed from the federal list of controlled substances and hemp farmers will be able to apply for crop insurance.
This year's Farm Bill, however, goes much further, changing federal law on industrial and commercial hemp and, remarkably, introducing the first-ever changes to the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
The [bill] for the first time amends the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 so that industrial hemp plants containing no more than 0.3 percent THC are no longer classified as a schedule I controlled substance. (See page 1182, Section 12608: 'Conforming changes to controlled substances act.') Certain cannabinoid compounds extracted from the hemp plant would also be exempt from the CSA.
The president told donors earlier this month he was interested in reclassifying the drug
