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BHN Radio LIVE (4-30-24): DEA expected to approve marijuana reclassification, Michigan Green Book project moves forward; more on ‘The Wiz’ and ‘Them’

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By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/938393685?share=copy In this episode of BHN Talk Radio Show, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones discuss the DEA’s reclassifying marijuana, which would change the the $34 billion cannabis industry. Since 1971, marijuana has been in the same category as heroin, methamphetamines and LSD, according to NBC News. Each

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