{"id":2234752,"date":"2024-05-01T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-seeks-to-capitalize-on-bidens-marijuana-reclassification\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:19:06","slug":"schumer-seeks-to-capitalize-on-bidens-marijuana-reclassification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-seeks-to-capitalize-on-bidens-marijuana-reclassification\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer aims to leverage Biden&#8217;s cannabis rescheduling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-seeks-to-capitalize-on-bidens-marijuana-reclassification%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are pushing to\u200b federally legalize\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bombshell-mi-judge-grants-attorney-matt-deperno-permission-to-release-results-of-forensic-examination-on-16-dominion-voting-machines-in-antrim-co-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: MI Judge Grants Attorney Matt DePerno Permission To RELEASE Results Of Forensic Examination On 16 Dominion Voting Machines In Antrim Co.[VIDEO]\">marijuana<\/a> following the\u200c Biden administration&#8217;s plan to reclassify\u200c it. This move offers Congress an opportunity to advance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-backed-bill-would-decriminalize-marijuana\/\" title=\"Republican-Backed Bill Would Decriminalize Marijuana\">cannabis reform<\/a>. Legalization advocates view the reclassification as crucial and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">long overdue<\/a>. Senate Democrats, under\u2062 the leadership of Chuck Schumer, are advocating\u2064 for the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-announces-end-to-marijuana-testing-vows-to-actively-push-for-federal-legalization-expunging-criminal-records\/\" title=\"Amazon Announces End To Marijuana Testing, Vows To \u2018Actively\u2019 Push For Federal Legalization, Expunging Criminal Records\">federal legalization<\/a> \u2063of \u2064marijuana in response to the \u2064Biden administration&#8217;s intention\u2062 to reclassify it. This development presents Congress with a chance\u2062 to progress in cannabis reform. Supporters of \u2064legalization consider this reclassification a vital and overdue step.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Senate Democrats are reviving a long-standing endeavor to federally legalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"marijuana \">marijuana <\/a>after\u00a0the Biden administration said it would reclassify the drug as a less dangerous one.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drug-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pot legalization\">Marijuana legalization<\/a> proponents, including Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chuck Schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), see an opening for Congress to piggyback off the move. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cReclassifying cannabis is necessary, and it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-have-the-vote-cotton-throws-down-gauntlet-to-bernie-dem-senators-on-israel\/\" title=\"\u2018Let\u2019s Have The Vote\u2019: Cotton Throws Down Gauntlet To Bernie, Dem Senators On Israel\">long overdue step<\/a>. But it is not the end of the story,\u201d Schumer told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s time for Congress to wake up to the times and do its part by passing the cannabis reform that most Americans have wished for.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Schumer, along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), reintroduced on Wednesday the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. The measure would go far further than the administration by ending the federal cannabis prohibition and descheduling marijuana to remove it from the Controlled Substances Act.  <\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, states would be able to create their own cannabis laws and automatic expungement of related nonviolent crimes would kick in.  <\/p>\n<p>The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday proposed rescheduling marijuana as a Schedule III drug rather than a Schedule I.  <\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s reintroduction just one day after the DEA\u2019s announcement was coincidental and not preplanned, according to a senior Democratic aide.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung people in this country, African Americans, Latinos, can\u2019t get jobs for doing the same things that presidents and senators and congresspeople have done. It\u2019s the height of hypocrisy,\u201d Booker said. \u201cThank God it is being rescheduled, but what does that mean for the 25-year-old that did the same thing that kids at elite institutions do but now has a criminal arrest? Does it alleviate his problem? No, it doesn\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Senate Democrats currently lack support from Republicans and even some fellow Democrats to advance the legislation. The GOP has a long-standing opposition to legalizing the drug federally. <\/p>\n<p>Wyden argued descheduling cannabis and leaving it up to the states should be a \u201cRepublican dream.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are pushing to federally legalize marijuana following Biden&#8217;s reclassification. The move presents an opportunity for Congress to act on long-awaited cannabis reform. 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