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Remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances | PennLive letters Updated Dec 17, 2020; By Liz Terwilliger A bill, H.R.3884, passed the House of Representatives on December 4th. During the 2020 campaign, I spoke often about the need for “Single Issue Legislation.” Although this legislation is all about cannabis, this is not what I meant. I am strongly in favor of decriminalization; I favor treatment over jail time. This bill, however, tries to do too much. There’s a Bureau of Labor Statistics report requirement, an Opportunity Trust Fund, a tax on cannabis products, a Community Reinvestment Grant Program, a Government Accountability Office Study and the establishment of a Cannabis Justice Office in this bill, in addition to decriminalization. If the bill was just about decriminalization, would it have passed? If we had a less polarized political climate, would the Senate take it up and remove the excess? We’ll never know.

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