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What HHS's Schedule III Recommendation Could Mean and What Comes Next


On September 11th, 2023, leading legal experts, INCBA President Jason Horst, Managing Partner of Horst Legal Counsel, PC, Amber Littlejohn, Of Counsel at Ice Miller LLP, Shane Pennington, Partner at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, and Khurshid Khoja, Founder of Greenbridge Corporate Counsel discussed the Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Agency to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III, what its potential implications could be for the industry and the legalization movement, and what still needs to happen before rescheduling becomes a reality.



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