Retired boxer Mike Tyson has delivered his message to reschedule, and ultimately legalize, marijuana to President Donald Trump on one of his most-watched TV networks: Fox News.
Days after leading a letter alongside other professional athletes and celebrities promoting cannabis reform that was sent to Trump on Friday, Tyson joined FOX & Friends on Monday where he made made the case for rescheduling marijuana, expanding clemency and allowing licensed cannabis businesses to access the banking system.
“Cannabis is in the same category as heroin. How do you categorize it with heroin?” he said. “Anybody that ever smoked cannabis knows there’s no comparison and that it’s just ridiculous.”
Tyson reiterated his support for moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)—a reform that was initiated under the Biden administration but has since stalled at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). And he also stressed the economic opportunity of changing federal marijuana laws for state-licensed businesses.
“There’s over 500,000 people that can’t get loans in the cannabis business alone, and that’s just so ridiculous,” Tyson, who owns the marijuana company Tyson 2.0, said. “It’s such a great income for the country. And I just can’t see it.
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