The Department of Health and Human Services has moved to reclassify marijuana as less harmful than cocaine or heroin, a possible first step toward wider legalization, according to reports.

In a letter obtained by Bloomberg News, a Health and Human Services Department official wrote to Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Anne Milgram that marijuana should be classified as a schedule three substance, which consists of drugs “with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.”

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      1 year ago

      I mean, is it really? Obama was like an '80s Republican than anything. Still was better than the alternative obviously, but people need to stop being so surprised by mainstream Dems acting like Diet Republicans.