Cannabis Companies Say DEA Has Closed Mind Against a Less-Dangerous Pot Ranking

Advocates accuse Drug Enforcement Administration of blocking the reclassification of cannabis as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act. Pro-cannabis businesses have accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of “an unalterably closed mind” toward lowering marijuana to a less-dangerous category level and said the federal agency should be removed from the effort. Cannabis advocates said the DEA is choosing to include anti-cannabis groups in upcoming hearings on reclassifying cannabis to Schedule III from…