Rolling Stone: Dems Call on Biden to Limit Weed Prosecutions Before Trump Takes Over

A coalition of Democratic senators and representatives are calling on the Biden administration to finalize its plans to limit marijuana prosecutions at the federal level before he leaves office. 

In a Tuesday letter drafted by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), legislators wrote that the simple descheduling of marijuana “will not end federal criminalization, resolve its harms, or meaningfully address the gap between federal and state cannabis policy. Possession and use of recreational marijuana — and much state-legal medical marijuana  — will continue to be a violation of federal law.”

In a Tuesday letter drafted by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), legislators wrote that the simple descheduling of marijuana “will not end federal criminalization, resolve its harms, or meaningfully address the gap between federal and state cannabis policy. Possession and use of recreational marijuana — and much state-legal medical marijuana  — will continue to be a violation of federal law.”

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