The government’s Narcotics Control Committee agreed to present the FDA’s proposal next week to the Narcotics Control Board.
Officials at the FDA declined to speculate on the broader legal ramifications of purging cannabis plants from the prohibited list.
By law, legal cannabis must contain less than 0.2% by weight of tetrahydrocannabinol — THC — the psychoactive ingredient that gives users a high.
Under the 2020 legal changes, most parts of the cannabis plant were dropped from the Category 5 list of prohibited drugs, but seeds and buds, which are associated with recreational use, were retained.