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BIDEN MARIJUANA SCHEDULE REVIEW ORDER - Frequently Asked Questions

5 Dec 2023

Notably, rescheduling would not (FDA), under the Department of Health and Human impact the legal status of the marijuana industry Services (HHS), to conduct a ‘medical and scientific’ — financial institutions serving the industry are still review to determine if and where marijuana should at risk of violating federal law under rescheduling be placed (“scheduled”) under the Controlled and efforts t. [...] WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WOULD RESCHEDULING TO SCHEDULE “DESCHEDULING” AND “RESCHEDULING?” III EXPUNGE PREVIOUS MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS? Descheduling is the removal of marijuana from the CSA, while rescheduling moves marijuana from one No, rescheduling would not expunge any previous schedule to another within the CSA. [...] WILL ANYONE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED DOES RESCHEDULING MARIJUANA TO FOR MARIJUANA CHARGES BE RELEASED SCHEDULE III RESTORE PUBLIC BENEFITS IF MARIJUANA MOVES TO SCHEDULE III? TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEM DUE TO A PREVIOUS MARIJUANA CONVICTION? Nobody currently incarcerated for marijuana Rescheduling will not restore eligibility for will be released as a result of rescheduling public benefits such as. [...] Additionally, DPA urges THE DEPORTATION OF NONCITIZENS WHO the public to call on Congress to pass comprehensive HAVE MARIJUANA ARRESTS OR WHO legislation to decriminalize and deschedule MERELY WORK FOR A STATE-LICENSED marijuana, expunge past marijuana arrests and MARIJUANA BUSINESS? convictions, restore eligibility for public benefits, No, rescheduling does not change any of the harsh reinvest in. [...] BEYOND THE REVIEW OF HOW WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE MARIJUANA IS SCHEDULED UNDER THE PROCESS? WILL THE PUBLIC HAVE AN CSA, WHAT OTHER ACTIONS CAN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TAKE TO END OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN? CRIMINALIZATION AND ITS HARMS? If the DEA concludes that a change in marijuana’s The Biden Administration should use the full extent status is warranted, it will announce that change of it.
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