A big decision...

They could, but they shouldn't really have to. The DEA shouldn't be making laws in the first place. It's akin to if the police made the laws. You don't want the people who are enforcing and profiting off of the laws to be the same people writing the laws. There's a serious conflict of interest there. It is in the DEA's best interest for substances to be controlled because it gives them a purpose and keeps them their jobs.

I definitely don't disagree, just saying that the entire government is to blame. It's the same as the FCC deciding they have the right to rule over the internet.