Our country just "celebrated" April 20, unofficially known as “national weed day,” a time when students all over the country collect on their college greens to smoke marijuana and jeopardize their mental and physical health.

We are moving in the wrong direction when it comes to cannabis and all related products, from high THC-content marijuana joints to gummies to vapes.

Despite a growing public evidence of the drug's risks and despite its increasing potency that compounds these risks, the Trump administration is reclassifying marijuana on the Drug Enforcement Administration's classification from Schedule I to Schedule III, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on April 23.

Drugs on Schedule I, including heroin and LSD, are considered to have high potential for abuse (dependency) with no currently accepted medical uses. Drugs listed on Schedule II, which include Adderall and oxycodone, have a high potential for abuse but some accepted medical uses.

Schedule III, which includes testosterone and buprenorphine, are drugs with moderate to low potential for addiction and accepted medical uses in the United States.

This is the wrong decision and will only further fuel the fire for liberalization and legalization of marijuana, shown to lead to expansion of shadow........

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