“The bill would remove cannabis as a Schedule I drug from the Controlled Substance Act, reclassifying it so it’s no longer viewed by the government as a highly addictive substance with no medical benefits. It would expunge the federal records of people who’ve been arrested for nonviolent marijuana-related charges, and allow states to tax and regulate weed. And it proposes to tax weed and reinvest that money in Black, Hispanic, and other communities who’ve been most harmed by the war on drugs and the fallout of disproportionately high incarceration rates for drug use.” This is what we should have done and can still do.
