US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order rescheduling m@riju@na to a Schedule III drug.
Prior to the order, mar!*uana was controlled under Schedule
I of US law.
Schedule I drugs are defined as substances with no currently
accepted medical use, a high potential for abuse, and a lack of accepted safety
for use of the drug under medical supervision.
Schedule III drugs are classified as having a potential for
abuse lower than the drugs or other substances in Schedules I and II, and they
are considered to have currently accepted medical use in treatment in the US.
“The Federal Government’s long delay in recognizing the
medical use of mar!ju@na does not serve the Americans who report health
benefits from the medical use of mar!ju@na to ease chronic pain and other
various medically recognized ailments,” the executive order reads.
M@riju@na will remain illegal at the federal level. But
classifying it as a Schedule III narcotic would allow expanded research to be
conducted into its potential benefits.
“This is really something having to do with common sense,”
Trump said in the Oval Office before signing the order on Thursday.
“It doesn’t legalize mari!juan@ in any way, shape or form or
and in no way sanctions its use as a recreational drug,” the US president
clarified, adding that the order is aimed at helping people struggling with
chronic pain.
The memo asked White House aides to work with Congress to
allow access to “appropriate full-spectrum CBD products”.
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