Last week, President Joe Biden announced that he would pardon all Americans federally convicted of simple possession of marijuana. He also encouraged Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra to review marijuana's classification under federal law. In 2015, the last time the government assessed marijuana's classification, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS recommended keeping it at Schedule I. In other words, as Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute tweeted, the government "can't research whether marijuana should remain a 'Schedule I' substance bc of govt restrictions on… researching Schedule I substances." So the govt can't research whether marijuana should remain a "Schedule I" substance bc of govt restrictions on… researching Schedule I substances.

Source: Washington Post October 11, 2022 01:12 UTC