Republican congressional lawmakers are making a last-ditch attempt to convince President Donald Trump not to follow through with reported plans to reschedule marijuana—with a pair of letters from House and Senate members who say the move would be a mistake.
The House letter says rescheduling cannabis would “send the wrong message to America’s children, enable drug cartels, and make our roads more dangerous.”
The representatives—led by Reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Andy Harris (R-TX)—said cannabis is a “harmful drug that is worsening our nation’s addiction crisis.”
The Senate letter, organized by Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), told Trump that moving marijuana to Schedule III would “undermine your strong efforts to Make America Great Again and to usher in America’s next economic Golden Age.”
The House members’ letter attempts to appeal to Trump by characterizing the reform as a “Biden Administration rescheduling decision,” saying that the former president’s team tried to “expand the use of an addictive drug for partisan gain.”
“Rescheduling marijuana will not make America great,” the lawmakers wrote. “You have always been a role model for America’s youth, telling young people for years that they should never do drugs. We hope that you consider the harms of marijuana rescheduling
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