US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance
apnews.com
In a historic shift, the U.S. moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP sources say.
  • frezik@midwest.social
    16·
    8 months ago

    DEA. The FDA makes the recommendations, then then DEA decides if they want to follow it or not.

    This should be fixed. DEA are cops, not medical experts, and shouldn’t be making this decision.

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      Thanks for the correction! So there is another level of bureaucracy involved before anything changes. Awesome.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        6·
        8 months ago

        Well, it’s already in front of the DEA, and then it goes to a White House committee. Good news there is that Biden would be directly in charge of a White House committee. It apparently took a lot of effort to get the DEA to pull their heads out of their ass, but it’s done now (hopefully).