Our good friend Bernie Sanders is back again this week for more good news — calling for marijuana to be taken off the list of federally outlawed drugs.
The “descheduling” of the drug would remove it as Schedule I drug, which we so desperately need. Cause it’s common fuckin’ sense, that’s why. In case you didn’t know, the Schedule I drug group includes heroin, ecstasy and LSD, while crack and cocaine are socially acceptable Schedule II drugs.
Sanders isn’t buying it.
“The time is long overdue for us to take marijuana off of the federal government’s list of outlawed drugs,” Sanders said.
The act of decriminalization has been calling President Obama for years now, but with all the right-wing conservatives in office it would be hard to reschedule marijuana by executive order.
The Brookings Institution put it this way:
By descheduling marijuana, marijuana enterprises would see substantial economic benefits. They would no longer run into challenges accessing financial tools like bank accounts, lines of credit, business loans, mortgages, etc.
The amendment to the Controlled Substances Act would simply reduce the federal role in the regulation and criminalization of marijuana, and leave greater discretion to states.
Either way, it looks like were taking a step in the right direction. You go, Bernie.
