State attorneys general from Nebraska, Indiana and Louisiana last week filed a lawsuit challenging the Justice Department’s recent order to reschedule medical cannabis. Nebraska Examiner reports.

Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers, Louisiana AG Liz Murrill and Indiana AG Todd Rokita, all Republicans, argue in the lawsuit that the rescheduling move will make it easier to push adult legalization policies. The lawsuit also challenges the expanded production of medical cannabis and tax changes under the law the new federal regime.

AG Hilgers opposed Nebraska’s campaign to legalize medical cannabis in 2024, but about 7 in 10 voters approved the reforms. Hilgers is up for re-election this year and will face Democrat Jocelyn Brasher, a former Nebraska assistant attorney general.

“Nebraskans should be outraged that taxpayer resources are being spent to challenge the Trump administration’s medical cannabis reform on an issue overwhelmingly approved by voters at the ballot box. Mike Hilgers is … interfering with decisions that families, patients and doctors have already made clear they support.” – Brasher, in a statement

In Louisiana, lawmakers created a program to make medical cannabis accessible to patients with specific debilitating conditions, while in Indiana, cannabis is not legally available for any purpose.

Meanwhile, last December, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. The Justice Department issued a follow-up order last month, officially making state-regulated medical cannabis products Schedule III. The latest order, however, does not affect other forms of cannabis, meaning that state-licensed adult-use operators are still violating federal law.

The DEA is planning hearings to consider the full rescheduling of cannabis out of Schedule I, which is supposed to be reserved for drugs with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.”