Cannabis Stocks Surge as Biden Moves to Reclassify Marijuana ASAP
Cannabis stocks soared nearly across the board this afternoon on news that President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to reschedule marijuana as a Schedule III substance, a less severe designation than its prior Schedule I classification. Indeed, acting on a review from the Department of Health and Human Substances, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. Justice Department may recategorize cannabis as early as this week. A move to Schedule III would yield major benefits to both the lega ...