Sanders blasts DEA’s ‘absurd’ marijuana decision

Published August 12, 2016 3:48am ET



Bernie Sanders expressed his dissatisfaction with a decision by the Drug Enforcement Agency to leave marijuana as Schedule I drug on Thursday.

Set to be published in the Federal Register on Friday the DEA decision rules that under the Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is still a “dangerous” and illegal drug without an acceptable medical use, despite petitions to reschedule the substance.

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