Health officials seek to downgrade marijuana

Health officials seek to downgrade marijuana

The news lit up the world of weed: U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana. Specifically, the federal Health and Human Services Department has recommended taking marijuana out of a category of drugs deemed to have ?no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.? The agency advised moving pot from that ?Schedule I? group to the less tightly regulated ?Schedule III.?

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