Today, INCBA submitted a formal request to DEA Administrator Terrance C. "Terry" Cole asking the agency to provide live, remote public access to the marijuana rescheduling hearing that began this morning, June 29, 2026.
The DEA's current rules bar livestreaming, limit in-person attendance to first-come seats with no overflow and prohibit any recording. A transcript will follow — eventually. For the cannabis attorneys INCBA represents, that isn't good enough. Criminal defense counsel, transactional attorneys, regulatory practitioners, and hemp counsel all have clients whose outcomes turn on what the government says at this hearing — not on what appears in a document weeks later.
INCBA takes no position on rescheduling itself. We take a firm position on transparency: a proceeding this consequential, closed to all but a handful of in-person attendees, does not honor the DEA's own stated commitment to openness. We've asked the agency to fix that today. Read our full letter below.
