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handle is hein.crs/govehfi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ SA Research Service The Schedule I Status of Marijuana Updated March 25, 2022 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) places various substances in one of five schedules based on their medical use, potential for abuse, and safety or risk for dependence. The five schedules are progressively ordered with Schedule V substances regarded as the least dangerous and addictive and Schedule I substances considered the most dangerous and addictive. Schedule I substances are considered to have a high potential for abuse with no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. The CSA prohibits the manufacture, distribution, dispensation, and possession of Schedule I substances except for federal government-approved research studies. Marijuana is listed as a Schedule I controlled substance under the CSA, and has been on Schedule I since the CSA was enacted in 1970 (PL. 91-513). For background on how marijuana came to be placed on Schedule I, see Appendix B of CRS report, The Marijuana Policy Gap and the Path Forward. The Schedule I status of marijuana means that the substance is strictly regulated by federal authorities. Yet, over the last several decades, most states and territories have deviated from across-the-board prohibition of marijuana, and now have laws and policies allowing for some cultivation, sale, distribution, and possession of marijuana. Select Issues Surrounding the Schedule I Status of Marijuana and the Policy Gap with States Select key issues related to the Schedule I status of marijuana and the gap between federal and state marijuana policies are highlighted below. Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). It has been reported that IHEs may decline to permit research on marijuana on their campuses, because doing so may put them at risk of losing federal funds. An IHE's policy prohibiting marijuana on campus may also affect students for whom their states have authorized the use of medical marijuana. Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, each IHE must adopt a program to prevent the use of illicit drugs and alcohol and annually distribute standards of conduct that prohibit the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol on the institution's property or as part of any of its activities and that describe applicable legal sanctions. Financial Services for Marijuana-Related Businesses. Despite the guidance issued by the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on how financial Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11204 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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