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On April 30th, The Congressional Research Service (CRS) put out the following legal interpretation of the medical marijuana rescheduling from I to III:

"Under the CSA, a controlled substance that is a prescription drug may only be dispensed via a valid prescription. Generally, pharmaceutical controlled substances in Schedule III are prescription drugs, but marijuana is not. Under current medical practice, state-legal medical marijuana is not dispensed by prescription but instead based on a certification from a medical provider. The rescheduling order provides that such certifications are sufficient to permit dispensing of medical marijuana to users as long as the certifications satisfy certain requirements. Thus, the order appears to authorize end users to possess marijuana for medical use without a CSA-compliant prescription."

I understand that authorization will always be agency dependent, but this is a major shift in the legal interpretation of schedule III medical marijuana.

Source: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11424

Some thoughts on the Cory Booker interview from the 5/12/26 show...

Truly, I thought his response to the Hasan Piker question was ridiculous. Not necessarily because I have a strong opinion on Piker, but because Booker would not give a normal straight forward answer. It seemed to me that he strongly implied that he would consider going on the show, but the prose of his response was unnecessarily indirect.

In fact, by the end of his answer, he seemed to be talking to David in a condescending manner — giving unnecessary advice about how to deal with dissenting viewpoints.  Anway, Im interested to see if anybody else felt the same.