Potential Impact of Marijuana Reclassification on Research and Policy
TL;DR
President Trump signed an executive order to prompt the Department of Justice to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, which could ease banking and tax issues for cannabis businesses and potentially influence future medical and recreational use policies, but it does not legalize marijuana federally or allow crossing state lines with it.
Topics:nationhealth-and-policy#cannabis-industry#federal-law#health-and-policy#legalization#marijuana#rescheduling
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- President Trump's executive order on marijuana's classification could bring changes to Oklahoma KOCO
- Reclassification of marijuana could lead to larger studies on medicinal uses KXAN Austin
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