Cannabis does not meet the Controlled Substances Act's strict criteria for placement in Schedule I, and therefore the government is required by law either to permit medical use or to remove the drug from federal control altogether.
Twenty States have legalized it for medicinal use. Two states have now legalized it for recreational use, similar to alcohol.
Removing it from the Schedule 1 list would allow deeper studies into the medicinal claims and allow regulation and taxation of products, creating income for the States and the Federal Government. It would also free up DEA agents for enforcement of harder drug trafficking (Heroin, cocaine, meth)..
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