CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, changing it from a schedule I drug to a schedule III.
But what will that difference mean for state dispensaries and consumers?
“We’ve already set up some regulations on THC. So hopefully, we continue to push those laws a little further,” Josh Manning says.
The DEA defines schedule I as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
This is where marijuana currently sits, along with heroin and LSD.
A schedule III substance is defined as drugs with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence, such as ketamine and testosterone.
A recent study showed that, in 2022, daily or near daily marijuana use outweighed the use of alcohol for the first time.
That study reported a roughly 3 million user gap.
Marijuana use is not legal in Tennessee.
But would this reclassification change things for byproducts of THC that are already sold in the state?
Proponents say it could open up new doors for dispensaries in Tennessee.
Josh Manning, owner of Snapdragon Hemp, says…
“To be compared on the same lines as meth and heroin and stuff, it’s ridiculous. And it kind of always has
