When will marijuana be federally legal and what would it mean for troops, clearance holders?

Psilocybin is actively being studied as a treatment for depression and anxiety. It may be getting FDA approval fairly soon. They say a single dose is all it takes. Hopefully the DEA will take notice, and deschedule it, or at least place it in a lower schedule, like Schedule 4.

David King Psilocybin has been being actively studied for over a decade now for depression and end of life anxiety. The reason it's taken so long to study is that the DEA schedules it so high and makes it so difficult to achieve approval for its use in studies. The DEA has had plenty of data showing its value and potential for more than a decade, it's not likely to deschedule it any time soon.

The LD50 for it is 280 mg/kg. That means if a 150 lb person was consuming the most common type of mushrooms, cubensis, they would have to eat six pounds of mushrooms to eat what would be a lethal dose for 50% of the population. As far as drugs go its almost impossible to overdose. Politics are what keep psilocybin a schedule 1 drug, not safety data.

You are correct, most of these substances are pretty safe. I do have to take issue with marijuana, however. Some folks can handle it fine, but others, like myself, cannot. I developed terrible panic attacks from smoking weed, and I regret having done it. It pretty much ruined my life. And I'm not sure there is a way to tell how a particular individual will react to it beforehand. My best guess is to never give it to someone with a nervous disposition.
As far as psilocybin goes, do they actually give enough to cause a trip? Or is the dose less than that?
Yes, the federal government has been very recalcitrant about studying these types of substances. For many years, getting funding for a study was like pulling hen's teeth. I have to wonder how many folks could have been helped over the years had the studies begun in the 1960s had been allowed to continue.
Harry Anslinger and Richard Nixon have a lot to answer for, for this failed drug war. One can make all sorts of valiant efforts, but it is simply unwinnable, unless the nation is turned into a totalitarian tyranny (and I still have doubts). The money would be better spent on other things, like helping our returning veterans get the help they need to process the experiences they have gone through. The VA could certainly use a lot of improvement.
I see my mistake here, just discovered the reply button under your post.

Funny thing about marijuana. Some folks can handle it with no problem at all. Others, like myself, can develop horrible panic attacks from it. It took me some years to figure out how to control them. And you really can't tell beforehand who can handle it, and who can't.