Despite the excitement of many over rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, the move does not make cannabis “legal” unless it is produced, sold, and used within the tightly regulated parameters of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Many medical and adult-use cannabis stores and products that currently exist in approximately four-fifths of the United States are not in compliance with the CSA. These businesses violate federal law now, and they will still be violating federal law if and when cannabis is rescheduled; rescheduling does not make the conduct federally legal.
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