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Descheduling Marijuana – The Holy Grail of the Cannabis Industry Gets a Bipartisan Push to President Biden

In their letter to the president, the lawmakers explained that cannabis does not belong in the Controlled Substances Act Schedule I class. The class is reserved for exceedingly dangerous substances with a high potential for misuse and no medicinal purpose. The decision to schedule cannabis was based on stigma rather than evidence, and it is time to right this injustice.

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