Terrance C. Cole, the newly appointed Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), failed to say the stalled hashish rescheduling course of in a current launch outlining his eight prime priorities for the federal company.

Throughout his affirmation hearings, when lawmakers requested about shifting hashish from Schedule I to Schedule III, Cole mentioned that investigating the problem could be “one among my first priorities” if appointed to the place.

Nonetheless, now that he has been confirmed, the brand new DEA chief has introduced the company’s first eight priorities, and none of them relate to the stalled hashish rescheduling course of. As a substitute, Cole says the company will concentrate on enforcement actions like concentrating on worldwide drug traffickers, together with the Mexican drug cartels; disrupting unlawful drug provide chains; increasing partnerships with state and native legislation enforcement; concentrating on “illicit finance,” together with cryptocurrency-based gross sales; and different “coordinated enforcement efforts in opposition to transnational legal organizations.”

Notably, the DEA Administrative Legislation Decide who was overseeing the rescheduling case introduced his retirement final week, noting that shifting ahead, “all issues filed on this case will likely be forwarded to the DEA Administrator, for no matter motion, if any, he deems applicable.

President Trump mentioned throughout final 12 months’s election that he supported eradicating hashish from Schedule I underneath the Managed Substances Act, however since taking workplace, the second Trump administration has to this point remained quiet on the problem.