Politics May 28 How marijuana’s reclassification could change U.S. drug policy By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant
Politics Aug 31 U.S. regulators might loosen restrictions on marijuana. Here’s what that would mean When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed. By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Nation Aug 31 Watch 5:54 U.S. health officials recommend moving marijuana to lower-risk drug classification The Department of Health and Human Services is recommending a major change in the way the federal government treats marijuana, but stops short of saying it should be decriminalized under federal law. HHS says marijuana should no longer be classified… By John Yang, Dorothy Hastings
Nation Nov 10 HHS recommended that the DEA make kratom a Schedule I drug, like LSD or heroin The Department of Health and Human Services asserted in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration that two chemicals in kratom should be classified as Schedule I substances, meaning that the chemicals have “a high potential for abuse” and that… By Ike Swetlitz, STAT