Marijuana

• Department of Justiceは先週、全米で研究および治療の選択肢を拡大することを目指し、Medical Marijuanaに対する法的規制を緩和したと発表しました。 • この政策転換により、医療プログラムを導入している州において、より多くの臨床研究や患者のアクセスが促進されることが期待されています。 • この変更は、連邦政府が承認したmarijuana研究に対する長年の障壁を解消するものであり、治療法の開発を加速させる可能性があります。

Marijuana had same classification as heroin, LSD and others before Trump signed an order to move it to schedule IIISign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration has moved to reclassify marijuana, more than four months after Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general to move it from schedule I to schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.The schedule I classification meant marijuana was alongside heroin, LSD, MDMA and synthetic opioids, whereas a schedule III classification put it in the same category as ketamine, anabolic steroids and testosterone. Continue reading...

Change raises age limit from 35 and removes barrier for entry for recruits who have a legal conviction for cannabisSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US army has raised the maximum enlistment age to 42 years old and scrapped a barrier for potential recruits who have a legal conviction for marijuana or drug paraphernalia possession.People aged up to 42 can now enlist in the army, the army national guard and the army reserves, according to the new US army regulation, lifting the previous ceiling of 35 years old. Continue reading...