“We know where we are,” Padilla told the nominee. “We know what the directive is: Get it to Schedule III,” he said, referring to a rescheduling recommendation from the Department of Health and Human Services.
“Are you committed to seeing it to fruition?” the senator asked.
“I don’t know. I haven’t seen it,” Cole said.
“So you’re leaving the door open to changing course,” the senator said.
“I’m leaving the door open to studying everything that’s been done so far, so I can make a determination,” the prospective DEA head said.
Cole also said in response to questions from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) at the hearing that he feels it’s appropriate to form a “working group” to look at the federal-state marijuana law disconnect in order to “stay ahead of it.”
Tillis raised concerns he had about the fact that an Indian tribe has legalized marijuana for adult use on their territory within North Carolina, which has not yet enacted legalization at the state level.
“The whole patchwork of state laws around legal marijuana, medical marijuana, it’s very confusing. I think it’s out of control,” the senator said. “And, ultimately, I believe the United States, the federal government, needs to
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