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The Wait Continues: DEA Has Yet To Announce Rescheduling Plan For Marijuana

Talk of rescheduling marijuana has kept the cannabis industry and social media ablaze in 2016—the year when theDrug Enforcement Administration will supposedly announce whether it will reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II drug.

Recent rumors had a decision coming down as early as July 1 — but it looks as though we may have to wait a little longer.

In a letter released in April, the DEA had told lawmakers that it was actively reviewing information to determine whether to reschedule marijuana; the agency estimated an announcement on that decision would come “in the first half of 2016.” But despite the DEA’s self-imposed deadline, the first half of 2016 ended with no announcement. [Read more at Denver Westward]

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