YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyWorkers & JobsCivil LibertiesCriminal Justice & Due ProcessCorporate BenefitsHigh-Earner BenefitsEnvironmentTransparency & AccountabilityTargeted & Unrelated ProvisionsGun LawsMarijuana would move off the strictest federal drug list to schedule III within 60 days of the bill becoming law.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
The Attorney General would have 60 days to move marijuana off schedule I, the strictest list. It would go to schedule III. It would still be a controlled drug.
Transparency & Accountability
Moving a drug to a new list usually needs a health and science review first. It also needs a public hearing. This bill orders the move and sets those steps aside.
More about this bill
Federal drug law would list marijuana as a drug with a lower risk of abuse and an accepted medical use. The Attorney General would have 60 days after the bill becomes law to move it from schedule I to schedule III. Schedule I is the strictest list. It is for drugs with a high risk of abuse and no accepted medical use. Marijuana would still be a controlled drug under federal law. The move would skip the usual steps, such as a health review and a public hearing. Hemp would stay outside these drug rules, as it is today.
Congressional Summary
Marijuana 1-to-3 Act of 2025 This bill moves marijuana to a lower schedule of the Controlled Substances Act.Specifically, it directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to transfer marijuana from schedule I to schedule III. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; that has no currently accepted medical use; and that is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule III controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has less potential for abuse than a schedule I or II substance; that has a currently accepted medical use; and that has low or moderate risk of dependence if abused.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-08-12
- Date Added
- 2026-10-22
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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