Rumors abound in the cannabis community that the federal government is going to move marijuana from Schedule 1 – where is currently resides under the Controlled Substances Act – to Schedule 2. Many existing small businesses in the medical cannabis industry would be unable to afford new regulations and end up being forced out in favor of big pharmaceutical companies that not only have the budget to withstand regulations, but the experience with operating under Schedule 2 that companies in the marijuana industry simply don’t have. But taking marijuana totally off the Schedule and letting states decide their own policy on all aspects of marijuana would be a far better solution than just a move to Schedule 2.