deschedule

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ schedule.

Verb

deschedule (third-person singular simple present deschedules, present participle descheduling, simple past and past participle descheduled)

1. (transitive) To remove from a schedule.

   Synonym: unschedule

   • 2022 July 6, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov‎^[1]:

     U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “How to End Marijuana Prohibition With Regard to the Controlled Substances Act”, in NORML‎^[2]:

     Similarly, alcohol and tobacco are not scheduled under the CSA. These two substances are descheduled. […] NORML believes that a similar descheduling option – where the federal government and state governments both possess varying degrees of regulatory authority over the production, marketing, and taxation of the product, is appropriate for cannabis.