State-regulated medical cannabis programs and illicit users are at least in part to thank for the Biden administration’s recommendation that marijuana be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act.
Federal health authorities who recommended rescheduling cannabis also concurred with one of marijuana advocates’ core arguments: Compared to other widely available and abused substances – namely, alcohol – cannabis is safer, if not harmless.
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The significance of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ 252-page memo to the Drug Enforcement Administration – released Friday – and how the HHS reached its conclusion is profound, legal observers told MJBizDaily.
Nothing yet has changed for U.S. cannabis laws or the $34 billion state-legal industry after the first public disclosure of
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