Transferring marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III is feasible.
Cannabis is prohibited on a national basis right now, although many states have made it legal for medical use. Also, 24 states have made it legal for people to use cannabis for fun.
In the 1970s, marijuana was put on Schedule I. These kinds of dr*gs are thought to be very addictive and dangerous. Marijuana is now in the same group as ecstasy, heroin, and LSD.
Some people think that cannabis should be a Schedule III dr*g, which would make it less likely to be taken by teens.
Did someone come up with the idea first?
In May, the Department of Justice first presented its strategy to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the White House.
The Justice Department said today that the Attorney General has sent a notice of proposed rulemaking to the Federal Register. This starts a formal rulemaking process to look into moving marijuana from schedule I to schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Since Congress passed the CSA in 1970, marijuana has been a Schedule I substance. On October 6, 2022, President Biden told the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to start a scientific examination of how marijuana is classified by federal law.
The Attorney General asked the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) for legal opinion on questions about the rulemaking process after getting HHS’s recommendations in August. The Attorney General utilized his legal power to start the process of drafting rules for moving marijuana to schedule III. This was based on HHS’s scientific and medical findings and OLC’s legal advice.
What has Trump said about it?
During a press conference Friday night (August 11), President Trump was questioned about reports that the government will alter the classification of cannabis.
“We’re looking into it,” he replied. Some people like it, while some people don’t. Some individuals are against the whole idea of marijuana because it hurts kids and people who are older than kids.
But we’re thinking about changing the classification, and we’ll decide in the next few weeks, say, the next few weeks. We hope that option will be the best one.
Trump repeatedly referred to marijuana as a “expensive subject” because it has both benefits and drawbacks.
What does it mean to reclassify?
Dr. Carl Hart, a psychologist and neuroscientist at Columbia University who studies addiction and dr*g dependency, has spoken out about the problem.
He told BBC News, “When you make something legal, more people will use the legal market because it’s easy and they don’t have to go to the illegal market.” The unlawful market will probably get smaller.
Dr. Hart went on to suggest that arrests for cannabis related to marijuana will go down, which he stated was an important element.
Over a million cannabis arrests occurred annually in the past.But because it is now legal in several states, the number has gone down a lot. He noted that this decision, which is likely to lower the number even more, implies that fewer individuals will have to deal with the police. Most people first learn about the justice system through marijuana.