Since President Trump issued an executive order to expedite cannabis rescheduling in December 2025, questions over the legal implications of this route have hung over the industry.
The United States is intensifying its controversial overseas ‘war on drugs’ even as a prolonged government shutdown paralyses domestic policy, a combination that threatens to reshape the outlook for cannabis reform and regulation This morning, news broke that the US military had carried out another series of airstrikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern…
Last week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) instructed a federal appeals court to uphold a nationwide ban on cannabis, throwing efforts to overturn federal prohibition into doubt.
President Joe Biden has officially confirmed that cannabis is set to be rescheduled from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III.
The White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has suggested that the Department of Justice could now have the final say in whether cannabis is rescheduled.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is being called upon to divulge information regarding the alarming rise of illegal cannabis cultivation operations associated with Chinese nationals across the country.
