Federal Health Agency Calls For Easing Restrictions On Cannabis

A top official with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week called on the Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana under federal drug laws in a move that would ease restrictions on the drug. In an August 29 letter from HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine to Drug Enforcement Administration head Anne Milgram cited by Bloomberg News, the health agency recommended that cannabis be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled…