For half a century, critics have argued that marijuana does not belong in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, a category that is supposedly reserved for drugs with a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical applications that cannot be used safely even under a doctor's supervision. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) finally agreed, implicitly admitting that the federal government has been lying about marijuana for decades.
"This is monumental," President Joe Biden declared. That is true insofar as monuments look impressive but otherwise do not accomplish much.
