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PoliticsMarijuana Rescheduling Won’t Fulfill Biden’s Campaign Pledge To Decriminalize (Op-Ed)
Marijuana should have never been criminalized back in the 1970s. Even President Richard Nixon’s own commission recommended decriminalizing marijuana use. But Nixon wanted to criminalize and disrupt antiwar protestors and Black communities, so marijuana was placed on the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in Schedule I. Ever since, individuals and communities all across America have been suffering the consequences of marijuana prohibition.
United for Decrim Coalition Launches Digital Tool for Public Comment on Marijuana Rescheduling
United for Marijuana Decriminalization (UMD), a coalition of prominent drug and marijuana policy reform organizations, has launched a digital public comment tool for individuals and communities adversely impacted by criminalization to demand that marijuana be fully removed from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The UMD public comment tool will be accessible until the Drug Enforcement Administration’s public comment period closes on July 22, 2024.
UMD Appeals to the Public to Participate in Drug Enforcement Administration’s Anticipated Public Comment Period
In light of recent reports by the Associated Press indicating the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) intention to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), United for Marijuana Decriminalization urges the public to engage actively.
EYES ON BIDEN: THE FEDERAL PLAN TOWARDS MARIJUANA DISCRIMINATION & JUSTICE
On Thursday, October 5th 2023, United for Marijuana Decriminalization took a look back at ONE YEAR since President Biden’s 2022 statement on marijuana reform and discussed what steps his administration could take next to end marijuana criminalization and advance equitable reforms.
RESCHEDULING PROBLEMS
On August 31, 2023, United for Marijuana Decriminalization published a press release with our reaction to the HHS decision calling for the federal decriminalization of marijuana and fully restoring the civic rights of those who have been previously denied.