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Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana
The Drug Enforcement Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 28, 2026.
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What the agency says
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.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-08177
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of hearing on proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Justice Department; Drug Enforcement Administration
- Published
- April 28, 2026
- 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.
- Docket
- Docket No. DEA-1362; Attorney General Order No. 6753-2026
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 1301
- Pages
- 2
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