Welcome back, cannabis friends. We hope you’re not being adversely affected by the “once-in-generation” polar vortex, which is affecting most of the country including places like New Orleans where people are on the streets playing in the snow, some for the first time in their lives. 

In today’s Cannabis Newsletter we’ll be looking at how, if when the new Republican-led administration of President Donald Trump will move, or not, cannabis legalization or rescheduling in the upcoming months or years.  

In today's issue:

• The DEA Still Doesn’t Get It

• Elizabeth Warren Has Lots Of Questions For RFK, Jr.

• Snoop Dogg Getting The Cold Shoulder, And More, From Fans

• Legal Marijuana Has Been Linked To A Drop In Anxiety Medications

• Weekend Weed Reads

The DEA Still Doesn’t Get It

One thing we’re not seeing is movement on the DEA’s long-awaited rescheduling of cannabis. Why? A DEA judge has put the entire process on hold until at least March 2025 due to "disturbing and embarrassing” allegations of improper conduct. 

Elizabeth Warren Has Lots Of Questions For RFK, Jr.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing Robert Kennedy, Jr., Trump’s choice for director of the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), for details on his plans to legalize marijuana and address substance abuse and opioids. In her 34-page missive to Kennedy, Warren essentially told him that his "dangerous views on vaccine safety and public health, including your baseless opposition to vaccines,” does not inspire much confidence in this ability oversee the HHS. 

Snoop Dogg Getting The Cold Shoulder, And More, From Fans

Speaking of the new administration, our friend Snoop Dogg is taking a lot of heat for appearing at the exclusive crypto crowd and Trump’s so-called Crypto Ball, which was part of the new president’s weekend events leading up to his Monday inauguration. Fans, or perhaps former fans now, took to social media to blast Snoop. One posted on Instagram that "Nipsey and Pac would never!!!" referring to the late, rappers Tupac Shakur and Nipsey Hussle. Another said "Not a check in the world worth selling my soul to the Devil."

Legal Marijuana Has Been Linked To A Drop In Anxiety Medications

In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, patients are filling fewer prescriptions for medications commonly used to treat anxiety, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. 

Weekend Weed Reads

• Biden Commutes Sentences Of Nearly 2,500 Convicted of Non-Violent Drug Offenses, No Mention Of Cannabis Prisoners

• Janet Yellen Inhaled But 'It's Been A Long Time,' She Tells Stephen Colbert About Weed Consumption, Psychedelics In China: Video

• Trump's Crypto Ball: Snoop Dogg's Participation Leaves Fans Furious, Top Crypto Execs Delighted

• Legal Marijuana Linked To Drop In Anxiety Medications: What It Means For Pharma Giants

• Elizabeth Warren Questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On 'Dangerous Views,' Pot Legalization Timeline As His Senate Hearing Stalls

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