Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act
Bill Summary
This bill would remove marijuana from the federal list of Schedule I drugs (a"most dangerous" substances that have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.) States that legalized marijuana would face no barriers from the federal government.
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Opponents say
Scott Chipman, Southern California chairman of a Citizens Against Legalizing Marijuana, said he was pleased with the ruling but found it “disturbing” that Mueller had even conducted a fact-finding hearing on the issue. “There is a false sense that marijuana legalization is on the move, when we are seeing a huge pushback against legalization, particularly in small towns across the country,” Chipman said. “It is a seriously harmful drug that is much stronger than it was in the ’70s and is getting stronger by the month.”
Proponents say
"I am seeing in this country too many lives being destroyed for non-violent offenses. We have a criminal justice system that lets CEOs on Wall Street walk away, and yet we are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana," Senator Sanders said during the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas last month. "We need to rethink our criminal justice system, we we've got a lot of work to do in that area."
