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AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION CHEERS FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCY’S MARIJUANA
RESCHEDULING RECOMMENDATION
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Ben Adlin
The American Nurses Association is applauding the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services’s (HHS) recommendation to move marijuana to Schedule III, calling
the action “a positive step toward developing an evidence-based approach for
marijuana and related-cannabinoids use in disease and symptom management.”
“The American Nurses Association (ANA) recognizes this as an accomplishment in
realizing the potential for marijuana in health care delivery,” the group said
in a press release on Thursday. “This marks the first time HHS has publicly
acknowledged marijuana’s medical use.”
The professional association, which says it represents more than 5 million
registered nurses across the country, has pushed for reclassifying marijuana
since at least 2021 and has supported “providing safe access to therapeutic
marijuana and related cannabinoids” for more than 20 years. In September of last
year, it officially recognized cannabis as a formal specialty nursing practice
area.
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“ANA continues to reiterate its’ [sic] position urging policymakers to review
and reclassify marijuana’s status to support clinical research on how marijuana
could benefit patients and providers,” the new release says, noting that it also
“supports the urgency of clinical research to inform patients and providers on
the efficacy of marijuana and related cannabinoids.”
ANA bills itself as “the sole reviewing body of specialty nursing scope of
practice and standards of practice.”
In recognizing cannabis as a practice area last year, the group’s president said
the move was to highlight “the essential role and special contribution of
cannabis nurses to the health care system and promotes enhanced integration of
cannabis therapies for health care consumers across diverse health care
settings.”
The organization also gave a nod to a separate group, the American Cannabis
Nurses Association (ACNA), which advocates for research, education and policy
reform around medical marijuana. ANA credited that group for “pioneering the
cannabis nursing field” and “contributing to the broader landscape of nursing
practice and patient care.”
Rachel Parmelee, the president of ACNA, said last year the group was “deeply
gratified by the groundbreaking establishment of cannabis nursing as an
ANA-recognized nursing specialty.”
Currently, the HHS rescheduling recommendation is under review by the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA), which has the final say on the matter.
Earlier this week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) laid out the
limitations of the proposed policy change, emphasizing that state cannabis
markets would continue to run afoul of federal law, while existing criminal
penalties at the federal level for certain marijuana-related activity would
remain in force.
In September, CRS released a related analysis that focused on how rescheduling
would have “broad implications for federal policy” in areas such as taxes,
housing, immigration, military eligibility, gun rights and more. Researchers
also assessed that it is “likely” DEA will abide by the HHS recommendation,
based on past precedent.
HHS finally released the full recommendation and scientific findings it shared
with DEA last week, and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said his agency
has “communicated” their “position” on marijuana rescheduling to DEA and has
continued to offer additional information to assist with the final
determination.
DEA has steadfastly maintained it has “final authority” over the matter and can
make any scheduling determination that it sees fit.
The statement came in response to an earlier letter from 31 bipartisan
lawmakers, led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), that urged the agency to consider
the “merits” of legalization as it carried out its review.
DEA has faced pressure on both sides of the marijuana policy debate over recent
months, with advocates pressing for a Schedule III decision, or complete
descheduling, and prohibitionists urging the agency to keep cannabis in Schedule
I.
Prior to the HHS documents’ release, a coalition of 12 Democratic state
attorneys general implored DEA to move forward with federal marijuana
rescheduling, calling the policy change a “public safety imperative.”
In another letter last month, 29 former U.S. attorneys called on the Biden
administration to leave cannabis in Schedule I.
Last month, the governors of six U.S. states—Colorado, Illinois, New York, New
Jersey, Maryland and Louisiana—sent a letter to Biden calling on the
administration to reschedule marijuana by the end of last year.
Meanwhile, six former DEA heads and five former White House drug czars sent a
letter to the attorney general and current DEA administrator voicing opposition
to the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule marijuana. They
also made a questionable claim about the relationship between drug schedules and
criminal penalties in a way that could exaggerate the potential impact of the
incremental reform.
Signatories include DEA and Office of National Drug Control Policy heads under
multiple administrations led by presidents of both major parties.
In October, Advocates and lawmakers who support cannabis reform marked the
one-year anniversary of Biden’s mass marijuana pardon and scheduling directive
this month by calling on him to do more—including by expanding the scope of
relief that his pardon had and by expressly supporting federal legalization.
Two GOP senators, including the lead Republican sponsor of a marijuana banking
bill that cleared a key committee in September, also filed legislation late last
year to prevent federal agencies from rescheduling cannabis without tacit
approval from Congress.
A coalition of 14 Republican congressional lawmakers, meanwhile, has urged DEA
to “reject” the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule
marijuana and instead keep it in the most restrictive category under the CSA.
> Medical Marijuana Is ‘Similarly Effective’ As Opioids For Treating Pain But
> With Fewer Adverse Events, Study Finds
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Ben Adlin, a senior editor at Marijuana Moment, has been covering cannabis and
other drug policy issues professionally since 2011. He was previously a senior
news editor at Leafly, an associate editor at the Los Angeles Daily Journal and
a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. He lives in Washington State.
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