A coalition of 20 advocacy groups, calling themselves the Marijuana Justice Coalition, has sent a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris urging them to support fully descheduling, and not simply rescheduling, marijuana.
A collage of every group that’s part of the Marijuana Justice Coalition.
The letter is signed by a variety of reform groups, including the Center for American Progress, Doctors for Drug Policy Reform, Drug Policy Alliance, Immigrant Defense Project, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association of Social Workers, National Immigration Project, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Southern Poverty Law Center, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and many others.
“The Marijuana Justice Coalition (“MJC”) writes to thank you for your initial steps toward reforming federal marijuana policy, as you mentioned in your recent State of the Union address”, begins the letter. “In order to fulfill that pledge, the MJC urges you to publicly support the removal (“descheduling”) of marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Only the descheduling of marijuana will truly decriminalize it at the federal level.”
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