A group of reform-minded police chiefs and prosecutors urged the Biden administration in a letter sent Thursday to reclassify marijuana as a less harmful drug under federal law.
The Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration’s membership includes U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram.
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Milgram’s DEA is currently on notice to respond to an August recommendation from federal health regulators to downgrade marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 3 drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Rescheduling, which would grant cannabis retailers significant tax relief, would be the most significant federal marijuana reform since the CSA was signed into law in 1970, most experts agree.
“We believe that reclassification under schedule III would be an important step to
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