Cannabis Rescheduling Explained: Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Impacts

PATTI ZETTLER is the John W. Bricker Professor of Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a faculty member of Ohio State’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and its Center for Tobacco Research at The James Comprehensive Cancer Center. From November 2023 to January 2025, Professor Zettler was on leave from Ohio State to serve as Deputy General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covering the FDA portfolio.
In her academic work, Professor Zettler is a prolific scholar with over 60 articles in scientific journals and traditional law reviews, including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Science, NYU Law Review, and Boston University Law Review. She also is a co-author of the 5th edition of Food and Drug Law: Cases and Materials. She has been actively engaged in professional service, including having served as a member of FDLI’s Board of Directors, a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Health Sciences Policy, and as chair of the International Society of Cell & Gene Therapy’s Committee on the Ethics of Cell and Gene Therapy and its subcommittee on expanded access.
Before entering academics, Professor Zettler served as an attorney in FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University, both with distinction.