HEMP INDUSTRIES ASS'N v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

No. 21-5111.

36 F.4th 278 (2022)

HEMP INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION and RE Botanicals, Inc., Appellants v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION and Anne Milgram, in her official capacity as Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Zorn argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Shane Pennington , Shawn Hauser , and David C. Kramer .

Sarah Carroll , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Mark B. Stern , Attorney.

Before: Henderson and Rogers, Circuit Judges, and Silberman, Senior Circuit Judge.


This appeal centers on recent statutory and regulatory changes to the legal status of hemp—a non-psychoactive variant of the Cannabis sativa L. (cannabis) plant that is related to but distinct from marijuana, the more well-known psychoactive variant. In August 2020, the United States Drug Enforcement...

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