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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Politics
Hannah Harris Green

Cannabis will likely soon be legally classified as medicine. But medicine for what?

A vast indoor cannabis farm
A cannabis farm in Carpinteria, California, in 2023. Photograph: Mark Abramson/The Guardian

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed rules earlier this year that would officially give cannabis status as a medication rather than an illegal narcotic – that’s exciting news for researchers, but will rescheduling mean that cannabis could soon move from the dispensary to the drug store?

Experts say it’s not that simple.

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