When, in the waning days of the Obama administration, the government concluded that marijuana would continue to fall under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, scientists weren’t surprised. After all, marijuana, according to the administration, “does not meet any of the five elements necessary for a drug to have a ‘currently accepted medical use.’”
That is why the recent recommendation to move marijuana to Schedule III by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is so perplexing. To uphold public health and safety, as well as the sanctity of the drug approval process, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) should unequivocally reject this politically motivated recommendation.
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