HHS - Health Officials To DEA: Ease Federal Restrictions On Cannabis - Will This Set Stage For Legalization? | Benzinga
A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services wrote to Drug Enforcement Agency administrator Anne Milgram calling for marijuana to be reclassified as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, according to a letter dated Aug. 29 seen by Bloomberg News.
This would represent a critical shift from cannabis's status as a Schedule I substance, which deems marijuana as not having any medical benefits and places the ...