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The proposed rescheduling will now appear in the Federal Register, where the public can participate in a 60-day comment period. Following this period, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will take the proposal to an administrative law judge, who will consider related evidence and make a recommendation, and then the DOJ will make a final decision on the reclassification.
Schedule I drugs include substances like heroin and ecstasy, while Schedule III drugs include ketamine and anabolic steroids, as well as have "a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence," according to the DEA.
The change, although it wouldn't legalize the recreational use of marijuana outright, could be popular with young voters as recent polls suggest Biden is struggling with that demographic less than six months from the November general election.
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Various types of marijuana available to patients are displayed at Private Organic Therapy, a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary, on Oct. 19, 2009, in Los Angeles. (David McNew/Getty Images)
Other polling shows a split among Americans when it comes to easing marijuana restrictions, something Pew found in research published earlier this year, as "34% of conservative Republicans say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use, compared with a 57% majority of moderate and liberal Republicans," the report said.
It added that "62% of conservative and moderate Democrats say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use," with 84% of liberal Democrats believing the same.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on X at @BGillespieAL.
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