Kamala Harris is gravely wrong about rescheduling marijuana
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Vice President Kamala Harris believes that "no one should be jailed for simply using" marijuana and thinks it's "absurd" that marijuana is a Schedule I drug. However, rescheduling marijuana would be an abandonment of President Biden's efforts to keep drugs off the streets. Marijuana fails to meet the statutory requirements for any schedule other than Schedule I and is more dangerous than people think, with its addictive potential increasing due to commercialization. The rise in potency has corresponded with an increase in addiction, and research shows that marijuana can worsen anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and even schizophrenia. Reclassifying marijuana to Schedule III would benefit the industry by allowing it to market addiction more often in more places. Biden has long favored striking a balance between public health and criminal justice, and it's disappointing that Harris's roundtable did not balance these ideas.
#KamalaHarris #Marijuana #Rescheduling #CriminalJusticeReform #DrugPolicy
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4559148-kamala-harris-is-gravely-wrong-about-rescheduling-marijuana/
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