US health department recommends looser restrictions on cannabis

2023-08-31 10:18

The US health department has called on drug enforcement officials to reclassify cannabis as lower risk.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has called on the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to loosen federal rules on cannabis.

The drug is illegal at the federal level despite 40 of 50 US states having passed laws legalising its use in some form.

Cannabis is currently listed in the same...