A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis.

The first major change to federal marijuana laws may be on the horizon now that it has been leaked the Biden administration intends to reschedule marijuana.

The rising numbers of adverse effects occurring in the wake of legislative reform of marijuana are disturbing. But they are not surprising.

Rescheduling marijuana won’t legalize marijuana at the federal level. And it will do nothing to streamline state-level regulations around marijuana use.

News broke Tuesday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was moving to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to a less severe Schedule III controlled substance. While the process still requires a White House Office of Management and Budget review and a public comment period,