Last updated on: 9/24/2019 | Author: ProCon.org

Dec. 1, 2011 – Medical Marijuana Reclassification Sought by WA and RI Governors

The governors of Washington and Rhode Island petitioned the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reclassify marijuana from the most restrictive Schedule I category to a Schedule II substance, which if approved, could lead to pharmacies dispensing marijuana. The 106-page petition, filed Nov. 30, 2011 by Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington and independent Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, declares that the Schedule I classification of cannabis is “fundamentally wrong and should be changed.”