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WorldUS agency suggests easing marijuana regulations

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US agency suggests easing marijuana regulations

The US Department of Health and Human Services wants the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to make it easier for people to use marijuana by changing the national laws.

The drug is against the law for the whole country, even though 40 out of 50 states in the US have made their own laws allowing people to use it in certain ways.

Cannabis is currently categorized in the same group of drugs as heroin and LSD.

If the DEA changes how it categorizes drugs, it could be the biggest change in US drug policy in many years.

Cannabis is currently considered a very dangerous drug by the government. They say it has no medical benefits and is very likely to be abused.

The change to schedule 3 would make it similar to drugs that are considered less likely to be addictive or misused. Ketamine, codeine, and anabolic steroids belong to that category.

Last year, President Joe Biden requested his attorney general and health secretary to examine whether cannabis should be classified as a less harmful drug.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitted a proposal to the DEA on Tuesday.

HHS has done a scientific and medical evaluation for DEA to consider.

The DEA is in charge of deciding which drugs are classified as legal or illegal. They can also change the classification of a drug if necessary. The DEA will now start its review.

The HHS said that they finished a process in less than 11 months. They worked together and took charge to make sure that a thorough scientific evaluation was done quickly and shared with others.

The suggestion does not completely take cannabis off the list of controlled substances in the Controlled Substances Act. Some people want the government to remove the drug from the Controlled Substances Act and treat it like alcohol or tobacco.

If we reschedule it, more research can be done and banks can freely provide services to the cannabis industry. Right now, many marijuana businesses in the US have to only use cash because the law doesn’t allow banks to handle money made from certain drug sales.

Surveys show that most Americans are in favor of making the drug legal in some way.

Cannabis is allowed for adults to use for fun in 23 states, which includes all the states on the west coast and Washington DC. Medical use is allowed in 38 states.

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