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Senior HHS official calls to move marijuana to lower-risk drug category (www.reuters.com)
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A senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing a letter.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The US department of Health and Human Services has completed the review called for by President Biden last year, and has sent a letter to the DEA officially recommending that cannabis be moved from the "schedule 1" classification (with dangerous and addictive drugs like heroin) to the much less strict "schedule 3".

While I feel cannabis should be descheduled and treated like alcohol (which I think is more dangerous and prone to abuse), this is a very positive step in the right direction.