A coalition of 12 members of the United States Senate sent a letter yesterday to the DEA and Department of Justice urging them to fully deschedule marijuana.
The letter addressed to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram and Attorney General Merrick Garland was signed by 12 Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
“We write to urge the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to swiftly deschedule marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)”, states the letter. “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended rescheduling marijuana from the CSA’s strictest schedule, Schedule I, to Schedule III. Earlier this month, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, HHS for the first time disclosed its rationale for this recommendation, which made clear that cannabis does not meet the medical or scientific requirements for Schedule I.”
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