Lawmakers, Advocates And Stakeholders React To Biden's Marijuana Rescheduling Announcement - Marijuana Moment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : ""Our ultimate goal is federal legalization, and we see Schedule III as a necessary and critical step along the way," Conklin said.
53% : While we continue to commend President Biden, the DOJ, and HHS for following the science and not ignoring the need for federal cannabis policies to shift after decades of state leadership, Congress must also take action to further this progress.
47% : "Today we begin to say goodbye to burdensome 280E tax provisions and embrace an expansion of freedoms Coloradans and Americans deeply value.
44% : Under Schedule III, federal criminalization would remain in place, meaning arrests, deportations, and family separations for marijuana would continue.
44% : "NACDL believes regulating cannabis similarly to tobacco and alcohol is the most effective approach to undo the harms of mass incarceration and prevent continued federal prosecution.
36% : And Schedule III would continue the glaring disconnect between state legal regulation programs and federal law.

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