BREAKING: Democratic lawmakers band together to urge President Biden to take decisive action on federal marijuana law before Donald Trump takes power in January.
This could be a powerful capstone to Biden's legacy...
In their letter to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic Representatives Barbara Lee, Earl Blumenauer, and Ilhan Omar along with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden asked the administration to move marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance.
This change would make marijuana a far less severe drug and acknowledge that it could possess medical value.
Although such a change would certainly amount to meaningful progress, the lawmakers also stated that it "it will not end federal criminalization, resolve its harms, or meaningfully address the gap between federal and state cannabis policy."
"Possession and use of recreational marijuana — and much state-legal medical marijuana — will continue to be a violation of federal law," the letter added.
"President Biden should issue broader clemency — including another round of pardons and commutations to reduce sentences or end terms of — for individuals convicted of other cannabis-related offenses," the lawmakers added. "Additionally, the President should again urge state governors to expand marijuana clemency and decriminalize low-level marijuana conduct under state law."
Such a move would be supported by the vast majority of the American people and is long overdue.
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