Matt Zorn

The long-awaited hearing to discuss cannabis rescheduling will begin on January 21, 2025, marking a significant moment in the ongoing debate over cannabis regulation. As Business of Cannabis reported, the six-week hearing will continue until March 6, 2025, but its outcome remains uncertain due to...

Attorney Matt Zorn is suing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for failing to release records related to its communications with Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), an anti-cannabis group. This lawsuit, filed November 28, seeks to compel the DEA to produce these records under the Freedom of...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will release full documents regarding the agency's recommendation to federally reschedule cannabis amid litigation over a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that was filed by lawyer Matthew C. Zorn last year, writes Marijuana Moment....

The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) released more details regarding its recommendation to the DEA to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). On Thursday, attorneys Shane Pennington and Matt Zorn released 250...

Jersey City Cops Fight Back Against Mayor's Cannabis Crackdown A new legal push from two Jersey City police officers who were terminated after testing positive for marijuana suggests that a motive behind Mayor Steven Fulop's (D) decision to penalize law enforcement officers for consuming...

Attorney Matthew C. Zorn filed a complaint Friday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. against the Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS) demanding that it produce a requested copy of the letter issuing the cannabis scheduling review directive. What happened...

Remember last October when President Biden announced pardons for all federal marijuana possession convictions and called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review cannabis classification under federal law as a Schedule 1 substance? It turns out, the letter issuing the...

Yetter Coleman’s Matt Zorn chatted with none other than multi-awarded and great psychedelics researcher Dr. Matthew Johnson at Benzinga’s recently held Psychedelics Capital Conference. Dr. Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins....

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is pulling back efforts to list certain hallucinogens as Schedule I substances after being challenged by scientists. “DOI and DOC are incredible tools for research, as well as mental and physical health,” Panacea Plant Sciences CEO David...

Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants in Oakland, California has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming religious discrimination, according to Reuters. What Happened: Police conducted a raid weeks ago after receiving an anonymous tip that the church was running an unregulated marijuana shop....

Researchers and advocates are seemingly poised to win the battle against the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) and its proposal to ban five psychedelic compounds, Marijuana Moment writes. Nearly 600 people, including researchers and advocates, have written public comments upon DEA...