Copied from Tweeter Here are the real takeaways from today.
1. The President of the United States put out a video dedicated to rescheduling cannabis the same day the DOJ moved the process along.
2. The most important lines from the DOJ press release:
“President Biden asked the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a scientific review of how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. After receiving HHS’s recommendations last August, the Attorney General sought the legal advice of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) on questions relevant to this rulemaking. In light of HHS’ medical and scientific determinations, and OLC’s legal advice, the Attorney General exercised his authority under the law to initiate the rulemaking process to transfer marijuana to schedule III.”
Did you get that last part? “the Attorney General exercised his authority under the law to initiate the rulemaking process to transfer marijuana to schedule III.”