For more than 50 years, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside drugs considered to have no accepted medical use, thanks to then-President Richard Nixon’s so-called War on Drugs.

10:29 a.m. Sept. 25, 2024: A previous version of this article misstated the classification of Adderall as a controlled substance. It is Schedule II, not Schedule III. For the first time in decades, ...

Cannabis may be on its way to being less restricted in the U.S. after a recent recommendation from the Health and Human Services Department to reschedule the drug's classification. Last week, the HHS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Today I'm pleased to announce that I will be signing an executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule ...

A major new report says decriminalising all drug use is the best way to combat rising addiction and harm. The Drug Foundation is recommending a complete overhaul of the Misuse of Drugs Act, throwing ...