Currently, under the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is categorized as a schedule 1 drug. Under that law, "Substances in this schedule have no currently accepted medical use in the United States, a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision, and a high potential for abuse."
This is certainly untrue for marijuana and being a schedule 1 drug makes all medical research on marijuana in the United States illegal. We must now fully unleash research into the tremendous medical potential of cannabis/marijuana, which requires that it be rescheduled honestly and appropriately.