Rescheduling cannabis to Schedule III keeps it federally illegal but confers a perceived safety signal that accelerates commercialization, medical claims, and uptake.
— Clarifies how categorical labels can outsize market and behavioral effects, guiding debates on drug policy, corporate regulation, youth risk, and public-health messaging.
Kevin Sabet
2025.08.21
100% relevant
The article contends Schedule III status would grant marijuana an 'imprimatur of being safer' and loosen constraints, benefiting Big Weed despite unchanged federal illegality.
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