MedCity News January 10, 2024
Ron Harman King

A decade after the first recreational marijuana dispensaries opened, will 2024 be the year that cannabis finally gets a get-out-of-jail-for-free card?

The legal status of marijuana in the United States is comparable to the Korean War: The conflict ceased long ago, yet no treaty or official act has ever formally recognized the ending.

Now comes the moment that the conflict between federal and state laws over cannabis may finally have its de facto treaty ratified — at least partially.

Four months ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended reclassifying marijuana to Schedule III, a categorization for drugs with “a moderate to low potential for drug abuse.”

Under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act...

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