A DEA judge cancelled a hearing to consider a proposal to reclassify marijuana amid allegations that officials at the agency improperly conferred with witnesses.

The first hearings on the Biden administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal that were set for next week have now been canceled following a legal challenge from pro-reform witnesses, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge has ruled.

DEA's refusal to comply with direct orders is “unprecedented and astonishing," says the judge overseeing the marijuana rescheduling hearing.