大麻是毒品犯罪世界的主食，尽管存在争议。多年来，人们要求将大麻非罪化的呼声越来越高，这个话题不再是边缘问题，好像应该’不被谈论。相反，这个话题处于刑事司法系统的最前沿，随着美国各州修改法律以允许人们拥有娱乐性大麻的数量，您可以看到时代在变化。
输入禁毒署（DEA），它将考虑更改“schedule”未来几个月内将吸食大麻。药物或物质的状态“scheduled” determines how punishing the consequences are when someone possess or distributes the drug or substance. The higher the 时间表, the more punishing it is for the offender.
In addition, the lower the 时间表, the easier it is for researchers to study the substance or drug and determine the beneficial or harmful effects of it.
目前，大麻是一种“Schedule I” substance, which means offenders are subject to the harshest punishments and researchers are limited in their ability to study it. Though it is unclear what the DEA could do with marijuana and how it will be rescheduled, it is a major breakthrough for the rescheduling to even be considered. Apparently the DEA have only rescheduled a 附表一 to a 附表一I five times.
减少大麻’s 时间表 would come a big change to the potential consequences for people awaiting their drug case to be heard.
资源：《华盛顿时报》，“DEA在数月内决定是否更改大麻的联邦身份,”Andrea Noble，2016年4月6日
