Ocascio-Cortez, Raskin call on agency to reconsider sprinter's

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Richardson tested positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana, following her win at the women's 100 meter during the U.S. Olympic team trials in Eugene, Ore., last month.
51% : The pair pointed out that a growing number of states have already legalized marijuana in some form, and that sports leagues like the Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL) have reformed their own policies to around drug testing.
44% : Oregon is included in the list of states where recreational use of marijuana is legal and where Richardson used it, saying she took the substance to cope with the death of her mother.
42% : "We are also concerned that the continued prohibition of marijuana while your organizations allow recreational use of alcohol and other drugs reflects anti-drug laws and policies that have historically targeted Black and Brown communities while largely condoning drug use in white communities," they said.
36% : Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin argued that the agency's anti-marijuana policy would continue contributing to anti-drug policies that criminal justice advocates have said affect communities of color at disproportionately higher rates.
31% : In the letter, the two lawmakers took issue with the fact that THC, a chemical found in marijuana, was deemed "a substance of abuse" by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

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