HHS - Marijuana Legalization: 31 Bipartisan House Reps Urge DEA To Reassess Cannabis Scheduling | Benzinga
A coalition of 31 bipartisan House members sent a letter to DEA administrator Anne Milgram, urging the agency to consider congressional and state marijuana legalization efforts as it carries out its review into cannabis scheduling, which was recommended by President Biden nearly one year ago when he pardoned 6,500 federal cannabis convictions.
Rescheduling Is Not Enough
The lawmakers also criticized the limitations of rescheduling and pushed for a complete removal of marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). At the end of August, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended that the DEA move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the CSA.
The Friday letter to DEA’s Milgram, led by ...