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August 12, 2016

DEA Keeps Marijuana as Schedule I Drug Along with Heroin
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The Drug Enforcement Administration has rejected requests to stop
classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use. This
means marijuana will remain a "Schedule I" drug-the same as heroin.
While 25 states have approved the medical use of marijuana, the
Department of Health and Human Services maintains there is "no accepted
medical use in the United States." Meanwhile, in a separate decision,
the government has announced it will start allowing more universities to
start growing marijuana for research purposes. Currently it is only
allowed at the University of Mississippi.


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