COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of April 24 and May 01 ,08, 2026 

Stories from the week of April 24 and May 01 ,08, 2026

Status of Marijuana:  As you know the President signed an executive order moving medical use of cannabis to Schedule 3 of the DEA system of classification.  Please know COP and all major organizations (minus ASA -Americans for Safe Access) have always and still do push for DE-schedule.  COP will continue to advocate for De-Schedule which would put the green plant in the boat as alcohol and tobacco.

My best info is: there is still no hard and fast regulations surrounding the implementation of the Schedule 3 classification.  This is unfolding as I write.

Personal Note:   I was unable to walk the halls these past weeks.  My left *&^% hip was barking loudly.   Also, going on a planned 3-week vacation..  Next newsletter will be early June.  I will work straight thru the summer and until the Congress adjourns for the election.

Meetings this week:  3 Grover Norquist right of center meetings

404 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 01 this week  WY Congresswoman Hageman (odds on favorite be a Senator next year)

Good chat with the Republican Governor of a western state

7313 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  09 this  weeks

506 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 03 this week:  Republican candidates for the US House.

COP stats since inception: August 2009

246 interviews and reports in minor media … 0 this week –

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Media:  Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, OAN, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribune, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters, Stern

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