PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) – Lawmakers are considering rescheduling marijuana from a schedule I drug to a schedule III drug. This would classify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, along with drugs like ketamine and Tylenol with codeine, rather than drugs like cocaine and heroine.
Rescheduling marijuana would mean the government would acknowledge the medicinal benefits of the drug and accept it as less likely to be abused.
On Tuesday the Biden Administration joined the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in moving to classify marijuana as schedule III.
State representatives, like Attorney General Phil Weiser, are in favor of the rescheduling. In a statement by Weiser, he said they are, “confident that a well-regulated market for cannabis products best protects consumers and this action of rescheduling cannabis will better enable that market to function.”
District Manager for Strawberry Fields Cannabis Dispensary, Tyler Long, says not only will this rescheduling help their business, it will also create opportunities to further discoveries when it comes to cannabis.
“It’s very important just to open up new avenues of research so people can actually start to study the plant in depth (and) get more you know research on the benefits of the product and just get it in more
