The Department of Health and Human Services has moved to reclassify marijuana as less harmful than cocaine or heroin, a possible first step toward wider legalization, according to reports.

In a letter obtained by Bloomberg News, a Health and Human Services Department official wrote to Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Anne Milgram that marijuana should be classified as a schedule three substance, which consists of drugs “with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.”

  • @joe
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    110 months ago

    What does this mean? Like, a 10 year old can walk into a grocery store and buy a tomato. Is that what you mean? Or did you mean legalize it like alcohol?

      • @joe
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        1010 months ago

        In that case, I agree. There’s no sane reason for weed to be illegal in a country where alcohol is not.

        • @Clent
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          -210 months ago

          Difference is a kid can grow weed.

          Even home brew has a complicated setup.

          It’s plant, not a demon.

          • @[email protected]
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            310 months ago

            Home brewing alcohol doesn’t have to be complicated. I make hard cider all the time by just opening a jug of apple juice, dumping in yeast, and putting a balloon with a pin hole over the mouth of the jug. Kids could very easily make hooch if they wanted to.

            • Glimpythegoblin
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              110 months ago

              I did that when I was a teenager. Way easier than trying to keep an illegal plant alive that smells strongly of weed.

          • @joe
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            210 months ago

            I don’t grasp the point you’re making; can you elaborate?

            • @Clent
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              110 months ago

              There is no point in making a plant illegal.