The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is supposed to be defending a marijuana rescheduling proposal that’s currently under review, but most cannabis consumers don’t trust the agency to do so, according to a new poll.
In fact, more than 9 in 10 people who use marijuana share that skepticism.
A survey from the cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD that was shared exclusively with Marijuana Moment this week found that an overwhelming 96 percent of people who consume cannabis said they don’t trust DEA to serve as an “unbiased proponent” of the Biden administration-initiated proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Just 4 percent of marijuana consumers said they trusted DEA to advocate for the reform, as the agency is meant to do as part of this rulemaking process.
Via NuggMD.
That’s according to the poll of 677 people who use cannabis, which was conducted from January 16-19. The margin of error was 3.7 percent.
“It’s pretty simple. Cannabis consumers are the people most directly affected by federal cannabis prohibition, and the DEA has the power to enforce those laws,” Andrew Graham, head of communications at NuggMD, told Marijuana Moment.
“When an agency you
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