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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 legalization
The 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 medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use.
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Biden formally moves to reclassify marijuana
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