The U.S. Drug Administration is working to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug following the recommendation to loosen restrictions from Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The reclassification would recognize the medical use of marijuana would have less potential for abuse than other dangerous drugs in our country.
This measure being reviewed by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget would not allow for marijuana to be legalized at the federal level.
Tony Yang, is a professor in health policy at the George Washington University School of Nursing with a joint appointment at the Milken Institute School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management. He was the lead author on the research: Cannabis Equity Initiatives: Progress, Problems, and Potentials. He is available to talk about the reclassification.
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