Cannabis Companies Say DEA Has Closed Mind Against a Less-Dangerous Pot Ranking
Cannabis Culture
Wed, Jan 8
Key Points
- Advocates accuse the Drug Enforcement Administration of blocking the reclassification of cannabis as a Schedule III drug.
- Pro-cannabis businesses criticize the DEA for having a closed mind towards lowering marijuana to a less dangerous category level.
- Cannabis advocates argue that the DEA is including anti-cannabis groups in hearings on reclassifying marijuana, while excluding pro-cannabis perspectives and state agencies from Colorado.
- The article suggests that the DEA should be removed from the effort to reclassify cannabis due to its biased approach.
Advocates accuse Drug Enforcement Administration of blocking the reclassification of cannabis as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act.
Pro-cannabis businesses have accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of “an unalterably closed mind” toward lowering marijuana to a less-dangerous category level and said the federal agency should be removed from the effort.
Cannabis advocates said the DEA is choosing to include anti-cannabis groups in upcoming hearings on reclassifying cannabis to Schedule III from Schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act and excluding some pro-cannabis perspectives and state agencies from Colorado, which has had legal adult-use cannabis for a decade.
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