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The bill would remove marijuana from the schedule of illegal drugs established under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, where it remains classified as a highly dangerous drug without health benefits
Hoyer said he intentionally left the schedule for the last week of September open to allow time for action on coronavirus relief.
The House is not in session this week — a change from the original schedule for the year — and is instead categorizing it as a committee work week.
The measure would remove marijuana from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances in all instances where it is referenced in current law, and apply this change retroactively.
Yet marijuana’s continued status as a Schedule I substance — the most severe drug category — remains fodder for those opposed to legalizing medical marijuana in other parts of the country.
Congress followed up in the 2018 farm bill, legalizing hemp by removing it from the federal government’s Schedule I controlled substances list, where pot remains even though a majority of states have
Marijuana’s status as a Schedule I drug and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s rules limit academic research.
But cannabis remains listed as a dangerous Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Lee, for example, would like to advance legislation originally introduced last year that would remove marijuana as a Schedule I substance, essentially legalizing it; expunge the records of anyone
The legislation removes marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Schedule of Controlled Substances, stripping the drug of its Schedule I classification as having “high potential for abuse.”
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who sets the floor schedule, tweeted Thursday that Barr “has the experience and is eminently qualified” and he expects he will be confirmed next week.