US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic policy shift

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic policy shift (Julio Cortez/AP)

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

The proposal, which will still be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would recognise the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.