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On December 17, 2009, Rev. Bryan A. Krumm, CNP, filed a rescheduling petition for Cannabis with the DEA arguing that "because marijuana does not have the abuse potential for placement in Schedule I of the CSA, and because marijuana now has accepted medical use in 13 states, and because the DEA's own Administrative Law Judge has already ...
Marijuana is still going to remain illegal at the federal level but, with 24 states now legalizing cannabis for adult use, the places where this is really an issue are becoming more rare.
About six years ago, Oklahomans voted to legalize medical marijuana in the state. Now, the U.S. Drug and Enforcement Administration is debating reclassifying weed as a less dangerous substance.
While marijuana has been decriminalized throughout many states in the US, it remains a Schedule I drug as of October 2024. However, on January 12, 2024, the FDA announced its recommendation that marijuana be moved to a Schedule III drug, which is a much less strictly-regulated category and would acknowledge its potential for medical use. [67]
Cole, who is now a member of the National Cannabis Roundtable, told NBC News in an interview this week that reclassifying marijuana to Schedule III would “open up the ability to actually test it ...
The President made descheduling and other cannabis reforms a topic of the 2024 State of the Union Address; [2] it was the first time the word "marijuana" had been used in a State of the Union Address since Ronald Reagan called it a target of the War on Drugs alongside cocaine in 1988. [3]
For over 50 years, marijuana has been in the same category of controlled substances as heroin and LSD. The DEA is finally proposing to end that ludicrous policy.
HR 610, the "Marijuana 1-to-3 Act" to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act was introduced by Greg Steube (R) on January 27. It was referred the Committee on Energy and Commerce. [6] The Industrial Hemp Act was introduced on March 23 by Jon Tester (D) and Mike Braun (R).