The federal government is moving to decrease the criminal penalties for marijuana use by changing its legal status within the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) listings or schedules of drugs, a process dubbed “rescheduling.” Merely rescheduling marijuana under federal law does not go far enough to reflect evolving opinion on marijuana use or protect people from harsh criminal consequences. To really decriminalize marijuana, marijuana must be completely descheduled.
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