Psych Congress yields a quotable HHS/Zorn statement read as 'softening' but produces no binding interagency or scheduling action within 12 weeks.

Someone from HHS (the US Department of Health and Human Services) — possibly an official named Zorn — will say something at or around the Psych Congress conference that reporters describe as a 'softening' of the government's attitude toward psychedelics. This will generate coverage and excitement. But within 12 weeks of that statement, no formal rule, agreement, or legal change will follow. Conferences produce quotes — not new laws or enforcement policies.

Conference optics generate quotes, not rulemaking. HHS commentary does not bind DEA; any interagency scheduling step requires a formal process absent here.