A coalition of Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are pushing President Donald Trump to commute the sentences of people who are still serving time in federal prison for marijuana. The move, they say, is a logical next step now that his administration is moving to reschedule cannabis.
“The inclusion of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act has resulted in tens of millions of people being sent to county, state, and federal prisons over the last several decades,” the letter sent on Friday says, noting that polling shows strong support for cannabis reform among voters.
Trump has already “recognized this disconnect between the science and policy” by issuing an executive order directing federal officials to move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to Schedule III, the letter, led by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), says.
“However, rescheduling marijuana does not provide relief for anyone currently in federal prison from a marijuana conviction,” they and 26 other House and Senate colleagues wrote. “As president, you have a unique opportunity to use your constitutional authority and issue a categorical commutation to address this continuing injustice.”
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