[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H2819-H2820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        RECLASSIFYING MARIJUANA

  (Ms. STEVENS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the news that the 
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will soon reclassify marijuana as 
a less dangerous drug.
  Reclassifying marijuana from a schedule I drug to a schedule III drug 
while not legalizing marijuana is an important step in normalizing 
cannabis use in the United States and recognizing that marijuana is not 
cocaine, and it is not heroin.
  The order will broaden access to the drug for medicinal purposes and 
move us further away from a time of prosecution and incarceration for 
simple possession, something that has had damaging effects to Black and 
Brown communities across this country.
  I commend President Biden for his important work on this issue. From 
pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of simple possession of 
marijuana to reviewing all Federal marijuana laws, the Biden 
administration is taking the necessary steps to improve marijuana 
policy in the United States.

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  Promises made, promised delivered. I thank President Biden.

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