A Democratic congresswoman is imploring President Donald Trump’s newly Senate-confirmed White House drug czar to follow the science and proactively support fully legalizing marijuana—going beyond the incremental cannabis rescheduling order the president recently signed.
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, shared a link on Tuesday to a Marijuana Moment article about the Senate confirmation vote for Sara Carter Bailey to serve as the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
Titus said Carter “must commit to common-sense, evidence-based cannabis policy.”
“That includes supporting marijuana de-scheduling and fully implementing my Evidence-Based Drug Policy Act so that federal decisions are guided by science, not stigma,” she said.
Titus and fellow Cannabis Caucus co-chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) announced the filing of the Evidence-Based Drug Policy Act back in April, aiming to remove a statutory restriction barring the drug czar from advocating for the legalization of marijuana or other Schedule I drugs. The legislation has not yet advanced in the GOP-controlled Congress, however.
The new @ONDCP Director must commit to common-sense, evidence-based cannabis policy. That includes supporting marijuana de-scheduling and fully implementing my Evidence-Based Drug Policy Act so that federal decisions are guided by
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