Biden Announces US Officially Moving to Reschedule Cannabis

Marijuana Moment shares that President Joe Biden has announced that his administration is officially moving to reschedule marijuana under federal law:

The Justice Department will soon post its proposed rule to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in the Federal Register, a senior administration official said on Thursday. There will then be a 60-day public comment period before the rule is potentially finalized.

“This is monumental,” Biden said in a video announcing the rescheduling news. “Today my administration took a major step to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. It’s an important move towards reversing longstanding inequities.”

Read on for more and while this is great news, nothing about rescheduling gets people out of jail so keep the pressure on!