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There has been a lot of discussion at the federal level regarding the rescheduling of cannabis. Currently, cannabis is a Schedule I substance and is not accepted for medicinal use by America’s federal government. However, cannabis activists in our country have advocated for decades about the medical properties to cannabis.
The status of cannabis in the United States has long been a subject of controversy. Recently, President Biden’s Administration has considered rescheduling cannabis from a Schedule 1 substance to a Schedule 3 substance. Federal health officials determined cannabis poses a lower public health risk than other controlled substances . According to documents released last week officials proposed removing its designation among the riskiest drugs, . This is the first time the Department of Health and Human Services has publicly acknowledged cannabis’s medical use. In August, the agency recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) change cannabis’s classification as a Schedule I drug. Shcedule 1 is reserved for substances that have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. The DEA has yet to act on this…
