White House praises reclassification of marijuana, distancing it from ‘heroin-level status
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated the reclassification of marijuana, moving it away from Schedule I status alongside heroin and LSD. Harris emphasized the significance of this change, highlighting the shift in classification. Advocates and supporters were acknowledged for their role in this milestone as the administration progresses towards finalizing the reclassification.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated the declassification of marijuana Thursday, as it will no longer be a Schedule I drug with heroin and LSD.
“So currently, marijuana is classified on the same level as heroin and more dangerous than fentanyl,” Harris said in a video. “We are finally changing that. I want to thank all of the advocates and everyone out there for helping to make this possible, and we are on the road to getting it done.”
Now marijuana will become a Schedule III drug alongside drugs like ketamine, anabolic steroids, and testosterone. In his own video, Biden called the move “monumental.”
“Look folks, no one should be in jail for merely for using or possessing marijuana, period,” Biden said. “Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana, and I’m committed on righting those wrongs. You have my word on it.”
Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana.
So today, the @TheJusticeDept is taking the next step to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under federal law.
Here’s what that means: pic.twitter.com/TMztSyyFYm
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 16, 2024
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This follows Biden’s move last month that granted clemency to 16 drug offenders.
Around the same time, Harris hosted reality TV star Kim Kardashian at the White House with some of the pardoned offenders. Biden and Harris are in the middle of their reelection campaign.
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