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  "path": "/2026/04/23/repub/us-justice-department-downgrades-risk-of-state-licensed-medicinal-marijuana/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T02:35:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "D.C. Bureau",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Health",
    "Justice",
    "cannabis reclassification",
    "DEA",
    "Drug Enforcement Administration",
    "marijuana research",
    "medical marijuana",
    "medicinal marijuana",
    "NORML",
    "recreational marijuana",
    "Schedule I drugs",
    "Schedule III drugs",
    "Todd Blanche"
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  "textContent": "Medicinal marijuana products that are legal at the state level will see looser federal regulation under a Justice Department order posted Thursday, while a process that could remove the drug in all forms off the list of the most dangerous drugs begins in late June.",
  "title": "US Justice Department downgrades risk of state-licensed medicinal marijuana"
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