Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for US Senate this year, will pressure Biden on “the need to finally decriminalize marijuana,” according to a campaign spokesman Joe Calvello.
In a lengthier statement released Monday afternoon, Fetterman took it a step further, urging Biden to use his executive authority to deschedule marijuana “prior to his visit to Pittsburgh” by removing the drug from its current Schedule I classification — which is reserved for drugs that have “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.”
“It’s long past time that we finally decriminalize marijuana,” said Fetterman. “This is just common sense and Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly support decriminalizing marijuana.”
In response to the campaign’s initial statement, Rachel Tripp, communications director for Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz, called Fetterman a “man-child.”
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