• Just the week, the National Conference of State Legislatures, a group representing state lawmakers, called on the federal government to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II.
• Despite this, the DEA says it cannot change the legal status of marijuana unless the FDA determines it has a medical use.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics has called on the government to move marijuana into Schedule II to facilitate more research into medical uses of the drug.
• As a Schedule I drug, it’s much harder for researchers to work with marijuana than it is with many other controlled substances.
• The Drug Enforcement Administration has denied a petition to lessen federal restrictions on the use of marijuana.

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