HHS - Feds Finally Release Documents Confirming Recommendation To Reschedule Cannabis Based On 'Accepted Medical Use' | Benzinga
The U.S. government finally released hundreds of pages of documents Friday related to its ongoing review of the status of cannabis under federal law, confirming for the first time that the Department of Health and Human Services has recommended the DEA reschedule cannabis as Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.
The 252 pages of documents explain that cannabis "has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States” and that it has a "potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in Schedules I and II," as first reported by Marijuana Moment.
Federal health officials acknowledged that they conducted an analysis and found that more than 30,000 health care professionals "across 43 ...