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This video features an interview with journalist Natalie Fertig about her experience attending the recent DEA administrative hearing regarding the rescheduling of cannabis. The opposition spent hours methodically arguing against rescheduling by highlighting potential medical harms, such as teen psychosis. However, the DEA bypassed these extensive arguments and focused on just two core points: confirming that cannabis has not directly caused any fatal overdoses and establishing that it has potential medical use. By securing admissions on these two points, the DEA effectively demonstrated that cannabis does not meet the strict criteria to remain a Schedule I substance.
**Key Details from the Hearing:**
**The Setting \[**[**02:00**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6p-u9xiAQ&t=120)**\]:** The hearing was incredibly dry and highly restricted, taking place in a sterile courtroom at the DEA headquarters in Pentagon City. Attendees had to sit in oversized pews and were barred from using laptops or phones.
**The Opposition's Case \[**[**04:15**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6p-u9xiAQ&t=255)**\]:** The anti-rescheduling side methodically presented years of studies and tragic personal testimonies (including a mother whose teenage son experienced a severe psychotic break) to argue that cannabis is dangerous.
**The DEA's "Mic Drop" \[**[**06:50**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6p-u9xiAQ&t=410)**\]:** While Fertig expected a lengthy cross-examination, the DEA only asked about three questions. They didn't attempt to dispute the negative side effects; instead, they simply established that marijuana doesn't directly kill people and has *some* medical utility.
**Expert Concessions \[**[**15:28**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6p-u9xiAQ&t=928)**\]:** A major moment involved Dr. Kenneth Finn, a pain management specialist testifying for the opposition. Under questioning from the DEA, he conceded that nobody has stopped breathing from cannabis use and admitted he would be open to prescribing it if it went through standard FDA approval processes \[[18:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6p-u9xiAQ&t=1116)\].
**Legal Strategy \[**[**13:09**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6p-u9xiAQ&t=789)**\]:** Overhearing the opposition's lawyers after the hearing, Fertig noted they seemed to fully expect the DEA to go through with the rescheduling and were already preparing their strategy to appeal or challenge the decision in court later.
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All in all, a favorable read from Natalie Fertig.
My opinion

\- It's the best we can hope for: an S3 rescheduling + follow up lawsuits to block it
\- We can never expect SAM to stop challenging, it's the whole purpose of their existence
\- The likelihood of an appeal working on this next year to me has no/little legal basis
\- In the meantime the law will have to continue
\- The separate legal thing happening on the bifurcation of medical/recreational and granting only S3 to medical is a potential blocker, but let's see
In the end, if Trump wants this it will be unwise for Republicans to go against his wishes. In the judiciary as well, as we've seen with his comments on the Supreme Court. And Democrats generally have had a pro-cannabis stance so coming out against this is also unwise.
SAM and the various anti-cannabis groups like pharma/alcohol will keep pushing this but that's not a new thing.. Trump would have known about SAM and the money behind them when he first signed the EO last year.
Being denied on an issue like cannabis will make him look weak. And if Trump cannot bear one thing, it's looking weak. Imagine if the rescheduling gets blocked, the EOY election message will be "Trump can't even get cannabis rescheduled, and that's with the house/senate. If an issue like cannabis can't get sorted under this admin, what can?"
It feels like it'll be somewhat turbulent and look uncertain but will come out favorable for rescheduling in the end.
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When I become the supreme leader of the US first EO(later it’d be codified) will be one that requires presidentes to get railed by the dudes from blacked before every attack.
Magically wars won’t start or they’ll end in a day.

Crazy, for a long time I’ve been talking about open weight, local chinese ai eventually will be the majority use case - now mango is planning an EO to ban them because the paid models cant compete with free.
This AI cluster fuck is immense.