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DEA Judge Refuses to Reopen the Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing (CLN, Oct. 25, 2026)
A DEA judge admitted the GAO report but refused to reopen the marijuana rescheduling hearing. Optional briefs are due Oct. 29, replies Nov. 5, and the stay ends when briefing closes; no decision date has been set.
Topics in this recording include the Louise Lucas indictment discussion, Massachusetts Question 8, health-study headlines, state hemp deadlines, dispensaries and neighboring businesses, Glass House results, the Curaleaf–Aurora bid, and the Idaho and Houston ballot measures. Allegations discussed are not findings of guilt; the health and business discussions are not medical or investment advice. Recorded live Oct. 25, 2026. The DEA segment starts at 7:32.
Chapters
- 00:00:00 Welcome and the week’s cannabis news
- 00:01:51 CLN coverage: interviews, evidence and advocacy
- 00:04:26 Hemp products and the November deadlines
- 00:07:32 DEA hearing order and the briefing timeline
- 00:09:09 Medical and adult-use cannabis supply chains
- 00:15:03 Virginia Senator Louise Lucas indictment
- 00:22:26 Massachusetts Question 8
- 00:24:55 Hemp enforcement and inventory decisions
- 00:26:57 Health headlines and product testing
- 00:28:52 Cannabis beer and hemp terminology
- 00:34:05 Medical markets, zoning and patient access
- 00:41:06 Dispensaries and neighboring businesses
- 00:42:28 State hemp deadlines: Illinois, Rhode Island and New Jersey
- 00:44:28 Schedule III, FDA approval and interstate trade
- 00:48:24 Glass House results and cannabis stocks
- 00:51:04 Curaleaf-Aurora bid and shareholder votes
- 00:55:47 Idaho HJR 4 and state legalization
- 01:02:59 Houston marijuana-enforcement ballot measure
- 01:05:23 Rhode Island delivery discussion and retail events
- 01:08:26 Wrap-up and outro
Read the stories
- DEA judge admits the GAO report, refuses to reopen the rescheduling hearing
- Rhode Island’s hemp quarantine and Illinois’s November 12 deadline
- Idaho HJR 4: what the Nov. 3 marijuana amendment would do
- Massachusetts Question 8 explained
- Trackers: marijuana rescheduling · hemp THC laws · Illinois cannabis law
Thomas Howard practices cannabis law and holds Illinois cannabis retail interests (Pekin’s Local Dispensary & Supply). Collateral Base sponsors CLN. Market and company items are not investment advice; health items are not medical advice. General information, not legal advice.