The DEA is due to make a decision on whether to “reschedule” marijuana.  It is currently on Schedule 1 because the DEA thinks it has no medical value.  But with many states allowing medical marijuana, that position is hard to justify.  The change would be a major step in the push to make pot legal. And it would make researching the effects of marijuana much less of a burden. The decision was planned for the first half of the year so it should come very soon.