Marijuana policy recommendations promulgated this week by the Joe Biden campaign fall well short of the changes necessary to adequately address the historic and ongoing failures of federal cannabis prohibition.
Specifically, the plan calls for rescheduling the marijuana plant under the Controlled Substances Act — a move the campaign insists will lead toward its eventual “decriminalization.”
Unfortunately, rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I of the CSA to a lower status is both impractical and counterproductive.
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