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As Alabama moves slowly into the medical cannabis industry, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. And the Justice Department is proposing a move to recognize the medical uses of cannabis.H. Marty Schelper is the founder and President of the Alabama Cannabis Coalition. She’s been advocating for the legalization of marijuana for years. She believes the plant has a reputation it doesn't deserve. She said, “I'm 64 years old. I started using cannabis products when I was 15. I graduated high school valedictorian. I mean, if it's frying somebody's brain, it didn't fry mine.”You might think she'd approve of the federal government making a move to loosen the regulations on marijuana by reclassifying it. But she said, “Schedule three is not what people think it is.�� Schelper believes it's not nearly enough adding, “People think schedule three is a win, they think it's a magnificent thing, they think it's decriminalization. Some people are so naive to think that it's legalization, which it's not.”Schelper says only pharmaceutical companies will benefit from the reclassification. She wants to see cannabis de-classified and legalized. She said, “We support the citizens right to home grow. We believe in expungement. We believe in decriminalization, and we believe in the legalization of cannabis in the state of Alabama. And we're fighting for states�� rights. We should have a right in the state of Alabama, the nation as a whole, to put into our bodies what we feel like that we need to put into our bodies.”Stay updated on the latest stories with the �������� 13 app. You can download it here.