Summary of US HHS Determination of Cannabis Scheduling.
This summery is courtesy of Carl Olsen.
Page 9 of 252, Page 8 Factor 1 a
The risks to the public health posed by marijuana are lower compared to other drugs of abuse … For overdose deaths, marijuana is always in the lowest ranking among comparator drugs … although abuse of marijuana produces clear evidence of a risk to public health, that risk is relatively lower …
Page 10 of 252, Page 9 Factor 1 d
… marijuana is not typically among the substances producing the most frequent incidence of adverse outcomes or severity of substance use disorder
Page 46 of 252, Page 45 Factor 5
… from 2015 to 2020, the rank order of the comparators in terms of greatest adverse consequence … with marijuana in a lower place in the ranking.
… with regard to serious medical outcomes, including death, … marijuana was in the lowest ranking group.
… although abuse of marijuana produces clear evidence of harmful consequences, including substance use disorder, they are relatively less common and less harmful than some other comparator drugs.
Page 58 of 252, Page 57 Factor 6
The risks to the public health posed by marijuana are low compared to other drugs of abuse …
The rank order of the comparators in terms of greatest adverse consequences … with marijuana in a lower place in the ranking …
For overdose deaths, marijuana is always in the lowest rankings among comparator
drugs
… although abuse of marijuana produces clear evidence of a risk to public health, that risk is relatively lower than that posed by most other comparator drugs.
Page 62 of 252, Page 61 Factor 7
… marijuana can produce both psychic and physical dependence in humans … symptoms associated with both kinds of dependence are relatively mild for most individuals …
Page 63 of 252, Page 62 III. RECOMMENDATION
1. Marijuana has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in Schedules I and II