By Jasper Ward
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – Companies seeking to register as medical marijuana dispensaries after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the rescheduling of cannabis can do so starting on Wednesday, according to a notice on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's website.
The DEA's medical marijuana registration portal will go live Wednesday at 9 a.m. EST, less than a week after the U.S. Justice Department announced that it would immediately loosen restrictions on some marijuana products and move quickly to reclassify the drug as less dangerous.
Applicants will have to pay an annual $794 fee and answer a series of liability questions, including about whether they ever surrendered or had a state professional license or controlled substance registration revoked or suspended, according to the DEA's instructions.
They will also have to describe security measures present at the locations under consideration to be a dispensary, the application instructions show.
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the world and in the United States. Nearly one in five U.S. residents use it a year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Millions of Americans have been arrested for possession of the drug, even while growing businesses listed on stock exchanges sell cannabis-related products.
The rescheduling move does not legalize marijuana across the United States.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Aurora Ellis)
The reclassification doesn't suddenly make pot legal in the U.S., but it does mark an important shift in the country's relationship with the drug.
Playing down a man thanks to Aaron Gordon's ailing calf, the Nuggets looked early and often to players whose previous roles in this series have varied from inconsistent to nonexistent.
The Nuggets' three-game losing skid is over just in time.
For the third straight year, Oklahoma City is moving on after a first-round sweep.
We asked AI to simulate the race using the present odds, draw and potential track conditions.
Smart was fined $35,000 for 'questioning the integrity' of an official and Kennard was fined $25,000 for inappropriate language after exchanging words with an official in the Game 4 loss to the Rockets.
Jalen Duren just never stood a chance at stopping Jamal Cain at the rim.
"WWE Raw" arrived in Laredo, Texas to begin the trek toward WWE's first post-WrestleMania PLE — Backlash.
"The excitement around Parke reflects how this generation engages with fashion today," a spokesperson for Target told Yahoo.
Trump National Doral will host a PGA Tour event this season, marking the first time since the Tour moved the annual tournament to Mexico in 2016.