DEA keeps marijuana illegal but encourages more research into medical use

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this month stated that it would not reschedule marijuana, but rather would keep it on Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the category reserved for drugs that have a high abuse potential and no accepted medical use in the United States. Petitioners had hoped that the DEA would place smoked marijuana on Schedule II, the category for drugs with high abuse potential but accepted medical use. Other drugs on Schedule I include heroin and methamphetamine; other drugs on Schedule II include cocaine and methadone, as well as dronabinol, which is synthetic THC, one of the active ingredients in marijuana.
Source: The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Medical Marijuana Source Type: research