Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
This is notice that the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") will hold a hearing with respect to the proposed rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act beginning June 29, 2026. The proposed rescheduling of marijuana was initially proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024. In accordance with Executive Order 14370, DEA is completing this process in the most expeditious manner in accordance with Federal law.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration 21 CFR Part 1301 [Docket No. DEA-1362; Attorney General Order No. 6753-2026] ( printed page 22777) AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of hearing on proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: This is notice that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) will hold a hearing with respect to the proposed rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act beginning June 29, 2026. The proposed rescheduling of marijuana was initially proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024. In accordance with Executive Order 14370 , DEA is completing this process in the most expeditious manner in accordance with Federal law. DATES: Interested persons desiring to participate in this hearing must provide written notice of desired participation as set out below, on or before May 28, 2026. To be considered by DEA as part of this rulemaking, requests to participate in the hearing must be submitted within the timeframe specified above, regardless of whether the person previously submitted either a request for a hearing in response to the notice of proposed rulemaking that DEA published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024 ( 89 FR 44597 ), or a request to participate in the hearing in response to the notice of hearing that DEA published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2024 ( 89 FR 70148 ), the latter of which was subseque…
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Citation: 91 FR 22777
