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Trump’s big marijuana move

Rescheduling medical marijuana, briefly explained.

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Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on medical marijuana.

What changed? On Thursday, the Justice Department announced that state-licensed medical marijuana and products approved by the Food and Drug Administration containing marijuana will now fall under Schedule III, rather than Schedule I, of the Controlled Substances Act.

It sounds technical, but it’s a big shift: As a Schedule I drug,........

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