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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    101 year 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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      -21 year 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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        31 year 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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          11 year 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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        21 year ago

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

        • @Clent
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          11 year ago

          There is no point in making a plant illegal.