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The Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago. DEA to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions ...
A marijuana activist holds a flag during a march on Independence Day on July 4, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn ...
On November 27, 2012, after voters in the states of CO and WA voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced a bill referred to as the 'Respect States and Citizens Rights Act' which aimed to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude any state that has legalized marijuana (for medical OR recreational ...
Biden directed a review of marijuana scheduling in 2022. On May 16, he commented again on his commitment to changing federal laws on cannabis.
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]
He said the proposed federal reclassification could immensely help this year’s initiative campaign. North Dakota voters rejected legalization measures in 2018 and 2022 but approved medical ...
The Single Convention is the main international treaty related to Cannabis sativa L. and its products.In its Article 1, the Single Convention defines "cannabis" as the "flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops) from which the resin has not been extracted, by whatever name they may be designated;" while "cannabis resin" is ...