Matthew Zorn

Matthew Zorn
Other nameMatt Zorn
EducationEmory University (BA, BS)
Columbia University (JD)
OccupationDeputy General Counsel at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
OrganizationDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Known forLegal work on cannabis and psychedelics

Matthew Zorn is an American attorney who does work in the area of cannabis and psychedelic law. As of 2025, he is employed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Deputy General Counsel. Prior to his federal employment, Zorn was an adjunct faculty member at University of Houston School of Law where he taught cannabis and psychedelic law, and was known for successfully pursuing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) releases from regulatory agencies. Sources within the HHS have called him the agency's "psychedelics czar". Zorn wrote the Trump administration executive order on fast-tracking approval of psychedelics in April 2026.

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  1. 1 2 3 Hotz, Alexander; Ferdman, Roberto (14 July 2026). "The Race to Commercialize the World's Most Powerful Psychedelic". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Schumaker, Erin (28 May 2025). "A psychedelics hire at HHS". POLITICO. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services". Aspen Ideas Festival. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Cannabis/Psychedelics Law Syllabus, UH, spring 2024
  5. ↑ Sullum, Jacob (15 January 2024). "The Newly Unveiled HHS Rationale for Rescheduling Marijuana Underlines Drug Warriors' Dishonesty". Reason.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Layman, Elsie (Summer 2024). "High Expectations: What Rescheduling Marijuana Could Mean for the Cannabis Industry". Illinois Business Law Journal. 29 (1).
  7. ↑ Jaeger, Kyle (23 May 2025). "Lawyer Who Sued Federal Health Agency Over Marijuana Rescheduling Will Now Work There, With Focus On Psychedelics". Marijuana Moment. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Psychedelic Alpha (24 May 2025). "Matt Zorn, the Government's Former Adversary, Is Now Its Psychedelics Czar". Psychedelic Alpha. Retrieved 15 July 2026.