Drug enforcement administration articles
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The Biden administration is doing the rarest of things: rational drug policy
For over half a century, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act. That designation places it in the most strictly regulated category of drugs under federal rules, and means that a drug has “high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.” Marijuana’s Schedule I classification puts it in the same class of drugs as heroin. The Biden...
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Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana as lower-risk drug
Drug Enforcement Administration seeking to downgrade cannabis from top category to Schedule III, but still short of legalizationThe US Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would recognize the...
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Video Biden administration moves to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug
The Drug Enforcement Administration supports the recommendation to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug on par with ketamine, steroids and testosterone, sources told ABC News.