. >> thanks, mr. chairman. ugust, your department recommended the reclassification of marijuana to a scheduled three for the drug enforcement administration. previous administrations used a five factor test to determine what the scheduling of a drug should be. this administration, your office has created a new two factor test to excepted medical use. what's the reason for the change? sec. becerra: senator, thank you for the question. as you will see from the report th public, there has been a lot of science that has been collected over the years on cannabis. we have far m you know, throughe country, many states have moved much farther than the federal government has, even in places like texas, you see where action we are reflecting what the science is showing. >> you've compared it to heroin in terms of its potential for abuse. why didn't you compare other types of drugs that were scheduled by your office? i'm going to try not to speak directly for the fda because the fda did this assemethey are the agency that