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CANNABIS

ISN ’ T THE PROBLEM –

CAPITALISM IS

By Sonali Kolhatkar
The United States government is likely to end the designation of marijuana as a dangerous narcotic sometime this year , potentially marking one of the most significant federal decisions on the classification of the drug in decades . The U . S . Food and Drug Administration determined that marijuana is less harmful than , say , opioids and other substances , prompting the Biden administration to announce it would “ reschedule ” cannabis from a Schedule I — which is what the most dangerous drugs are classified as — to a Schedule III drug , commensurate with anabolic steroids and ketamine .
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