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September 4, 2023
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Public Health Journalism this Week

New tools to battle RSV: What to do this fall to fight the virus

Biden explains new rules, funding to make nursing homes safer

The federal government will soon dictate staffing levels at nursing homes | KJZZ

Tragedies at Arizona assisted living centers stir outrage

Shortage of benzathine penicillin affects AZ efforts to curb syphilis

White House plan to negotiate drug prices could affect 165,000 Arizonans

The Arizona Supreme Court will consider reviving a Civil War-era abortion ban

Flaw in Department of Child Safety system left judges without necessary information in parental rights cases | KJZZ

September 4, 2023September 4, 2023
Will Humble Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Wills Blog

HHS Recommends Cannabis be Moved to Schedule III

HHS is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but continues to recommend that it still be on the Controlled Substances Act list. HHS wants the drug moved from Schedule I to Schedule III under the CSA, potentially the biggest change in federal drug policy in decades.

The HHS letter is part of the official review process initiated by President Joe Biden last October: The FDA conducts the review, which is then sent to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and HHS, after which HHS transmits a letter to the DEA, who makes the final call.

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