US drug agency declines to change marijuana's strict drug designation

Bipartisan group of legislators had argued to DEA that Schedule I drugs classification creates risks for businesses in states that have deemed it legal The Drug Enforcement Agency will not remove marijuana from the Schedule I drugs list, its head Chuck Rosenberg has announced, despite a bipartisan group of state legislators calling for it. Rosenberg's decision was based on a report by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that marijuana has "no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the...