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LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS URGE BIDEN TO RECLASSIFY MARIJUANA TO LESSER STATUS

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Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are are seen in a greenhouse
at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y., July 15, 2022. New York has issued the first
36 cannabis dispensary licenses on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 taking a monumental
step in establishing a legal  — and lucrative — marketplace for recreational
marijuana. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

A group of law enforcement leaders urged President Biden to reclassify marijuana
to a lesser status in a Thursday letter.

“We are current and former police chiefs, sheriffs, federal and state
prosecutors, and correctional officials from across the country dedicated to
protecting public safety and reducing unnecessary arrests, prosecutions, and
incarceration,” reads the letter from the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce
Crime and Incarceration group.



“We urge your Administration to reclassify marijuana from a schedule I to a
schedule III substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA),” the letter
continues.

The letter notes that public “opinion on how the federal government should treat
cannabis has dramatically shifted away from historic punitive approaches to
cannabis use” and that at the end of this year, 38 states “will have established
a form of legalized framework — medical, adult-use, or both — with strong voter
and/or legislative support.”

The group cited the discrepancy between how marijuana is treated at state and
federal levels, claiming it makes it challenging for law enforcement.

“We are concerned about how the direct conflict between state and federal laws
that currently exists regarding the handling of cannabis makes it difficult for
law enforcement to respond effectively to pressing public safety challenges,”
the letter continues.

Some Democratic Senators implored the Biden administration to completely
deschedule marijuana at the end of last month. Last month, 11 Democratic
senators, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) argued in a letter to Attorney
General Merrick Garland and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator
Anne Milgram that the administration “should deschedule marijuana altogether.”

“Marijuana’s placement in the [Controlled Substances Act] has had a devastating
impact on our communities and is increasingly out of step with state law and
public opinion,” they wrote.



The Department of Health and Human Services sent recommendations to the DEA to
reschedule marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 last year.

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