Marijuana rescheduling proposal generates nearly 43,000 comments

The Biden administration’s proposal to reclassify marijuana elicited nearly 43,000 public comments before a Monday night deadline, and the vast majority expressed support.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed rule to move marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act received 42,925 comments, according to the Federal Register.

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Almost unanimous support

Nearly all comments were in favor of rescheduling, according to an analysis conducted by Seattle-based cannabis data platform Headset.

91% of the comments supported rescheduling or requested that the Biden administration take another step and deschedule the drug entirely, Headset said in a Tuesday news release sent by the National Cannabis Industry Association.

“Public health and safety demand a schedule III placement for marijuana,” Michael Bronstein, president of

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