“It’s long past time that we finally decriminalize marijuana,” Fetterman said in a statement on Monday. “The president needs to use his executive authority to begin descheduling marijuana, I would love to see him do this prior to his visit to Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the state’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, added his voice to those calling on President Biden to decriminalize marijuana.
This is just common sense and Pennslyvanians overwhelmingly support decriminalizing marijuana.” said the lieutenant governor planned to talk Biden about the issue when the president visits Pittsburgh on Labor Day. Fetterman has made weed legalization a plank of his Senate platform.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Fetterman’s comments during Monday’s briefing with reporters and said the administration had nothing to announce regarding executive action on marijuana.
When asked later in the briefing about using executive action to reschedule marijuana — which currently has the same classification as heroin — Jean-Pierre reiterated that the White House had nothing new to announce. When asked if Biden had the authority to reclassify marijuana, Jean-Pierre declined to answer, saying the administration “had made progress on its promises regarding marijuana” and pointed to licenses being issued for companies to cultivate marijuana for research purposes.
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