Cannabis is expected to officially become a less dangerous drug in the eyes of the U.S. government.
The Associated PressreportedTuesday that the Drug Enforcement Administration will soon propose to reclassify cannabis.
Other Schedule I drugs include heroin, LSD, and ecstasy.
Cannabis leaves.Image: Dmytro Tyshchenko (Shutterstock)
The AP purportedly confirmed this new development with five anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
Simply moving cannabis down to a Schedule III drug would not automatically legalize it everywhere recreationally.
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