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.”

  • FartsWithAnAccent
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    10 months ago

    Cutting edge medical shit going on here folks, they’re only about 50 years late!

  • @spaduf
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    Some other Schedule III drugs:

    • Products containing less than 90 milligrams of codeine per dosage unit (Tylenol with codeine)
    • ketamine
    • anabolic steroids
    • testosterone
  • @mateomaui@reddthat.com
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    1410 months ago

    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?

    • @joe@lemmy.world
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      510 months ago

      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?

        • @joe@lemmy.world
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          910 months ago

          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
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            110 months ago

            Difference is a kid can grow weed.

            Even home brew has a complicated setup.

            It’s plant, not a demon.

            • @SecretAgentX9@lemm.ee
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              310 months ago

              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
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                110 months ago

                I did that when I was a teenager. Way easier than trying to keep an illegal plant alive that smells strongly of weed.

  • Dem Bosain
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    110 months ago

    Does it make sense that alcohol is the only drug that has legalization enshrined in the constitution?