The U.S. just changed marijuana law for the first time in decades

The shift could expand research access and reshape how cannabis is regulated.

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In the eyes of the federal government, some cannabis is no longer as dangerous as heroin—and that’s a big deal. 

The Trump administration just announced an order that would reclassify some forms of marijuana, moving the drug out of Schedule I—a category it shares with heroin, MDMA, and LSD—to Schedule III.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the decision in a post on X, noting that the DOJ would immediately move state-licensed........

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