Last week, we discovered that U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker cited our own Vince Sliwoski in a letter to Merrick Garland, the U.S. Attorney General, pressing for the end of cannabis prohibition. The Warren-Booker letter, dated October 6, 2021, advocates for DEA to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act— which would decriminalize the plant at the federal level. The letter cites a 2018 blog post by Vince discussing international developments with cannabis at the United Nations level. Readers, we feel heard!
Warren has written a few of these high-profile letters on cannabis over the years, going back to 2016. Back then, her goal was re-scheduling “marijuana”, from Schedule I to Schedule II under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Vince critiqued Warren’s proposal at the time, explaining why rescheduling would have minimal effect and why descheduling is the far better course. Was Warren listening? We’d like to think so.
This more recent Warren/Booker letter does take the recommended course, and is a great example of how high-profile politicians have evolved on cannabis policy over the past half-decade. The best news of all is that Warren, Booker and others continue to press. Most recently, Warren signed onto yet
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