The Department of Health and Human Services has moved to reclassify marijuana as less harmful than cocaine or heroin, a possible first step toward wider legalization, according to reports.
In a letter obtained by Bloomberg News, a Health and Human Services Department official wrote to Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Anne Milgram that marijuana should be classified as a schedule three substance, which consists of drugs “with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.”
15 Comments
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3y
Cutting edge medical shit going on here folks, they're only about 50 years late!
markr@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y
Fucking legalize already.
mateomaui@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 3y
Can we force it on Republicans yet? Like stick them in a weed chamber and don't let them out until they've chilled out a bit?
hystericallymad@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y
That's a new reality show I could watch, hotboxing your congress critters...
hypelightfly@kbin.social · 12 pts · 3y
A step in the right direction but even schedule 3 is ridiculous.
spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 3y
Some other Schedule III drugs:
iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 3y
joe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
What does this mean? Like, a 10 year old can walk into a grocery store and buy a tomato. Is that what you mean? Or did you mean legalize it like alcohol?
iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y
joe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
In that case, I agree. There's no sane reason for weed to be illegal in a country where alcohol is not.
Clent@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 3y
Difference is a kid can grow weed.
Even home brew has a complicated setup.
It's plant, not a demon.
SecretAgentX9@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
Home brewing alcohol doesn't have to be complicated. I make hard cider all the time by just opening a jug of apple juice, dumping in yeast, and putting a balloon with a pin hole over the mouth of the jug. Kids could very easily make hooch if they wanted to.
Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
I did that when I was a teenager. Way easier than trying to keep an illegal plant alive that smells strongly of weed.
joe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I don't grasp the point you're making; can you elaborate?
Clent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
There is no point in making a plant illegal.
DemBoSain@midwest.social · 1 pts · 3y
Does it make sense that alcohol is the only drug that has legalization enshrined in the constitution?
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee · -4 pts · 3y
Remember when the Obama administration reviewed and then rejected this change? That was weird
HellAwaits@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 3y