The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president.

The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising that it should be entirely removed from the Controlled Substances Act.

The health agency wants the drug moved from Schedule I to Schedule III under the CSA, potentially the biggest change in federal drug policy in decades.

HHS Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine wrote in a Tuesday letter to the DEA, first reported by Bloomberg News, that the recommendation was based on a review conducted by the Food and Drug Administration.

  • bemenaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    True, but the DEA is also under the President, and it’s head is picked by the President. It is the DEAs decision, but their boss has input. I know it’s not simple, but there is incredibly strong influence.

    • Transient PunkEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Hence him pushing for rescheduling. At this point, you are just restating the point I was making in my original comment. Biden’s doing what he has the power/influence to do to get marijuana legalized.