{"id":2234191,"date":"2024-04-30T23:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T03:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T03:23:12","slug":"biden-admin-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Seeks to Recategorize Marijuana as a Safer Substance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drug Enforcement Administration<\/a> (DEA) is reportedly moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug ahead of the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland made the recommendation to loosen restrictions on the drug, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2024\/04\/30\/marijuana-restrictions-loosen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reported change would downgrade marijuana from being a Schedule I drug alongside drugs like heroin and cocaine to a Schedule III substance, meaning it could be obtained with a prescription.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Attorney General circulated a proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Justice Department director of public affairs Xochitl Hinojosa. \u201cOnce published by the Federal Register, it will initiate a formal rulemaking process as prescribed by Congress in the Controlled Substances Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s DEA plans to reclassify marijuana as less risky before the 2024 election. Attorney General Merrick Garland proposes relaxing restrictions, following The Washington Post. 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