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Washington, DC—Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Trump administration’s illegal move to skip procedural requirements and reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III without following federal law. SAM has also learned today the President is officially urging Congress to reverse the federal ban on hemp intoxicants, an echo of his original executive order to reschedule marijuana.
“Rather than infrastructure week or seniors’ week, apparently this is illicit drug week,” said SAM CEO Kevin A. Sabet. “With this move, we are now confronted with the most pro-drug administration in our history. Policy is now being dictated by marijuana CEOs, psychedelics investors, and podcasters in active addiction—it is a travesty and injustice to the American people of unprecedented proportions. The marijuana industry is the new Big Tobacco, and President Trump is welcoming them into the homes of families across this country with open arms. Research into these drugs is necessary, but there are many ways to increase our knowledge without giving a tax break to Big Weed and sending a confusing message about marijuana's harms to the American public.”
“And now, to add insult to injury for America’s kids, SAM has learned that President Trump is officially urging Congress to reverse the overwhelming victory of closing the hemp intoxicant loophole. Doing so will put gas station weed on the shelves again and cause untold damage to our nation’s youth."
“The administration’s decision to advance marijuana rescheduling is illegal in multiple ways and, as such, we will be taking legal action immediately. Today’s marijuana is more dangerous than previously thought, not less dangerous. And until data shows otherwise, it meets current criteria for Schedule I. It’s a drug that should be carefully researched, of course, but not legalized through the backdoor. The only thing today’s decision advances are the interests of an addiction-for-profit industry—and if the president isn’t going to use the Food and Drug Administration as the law requires, why doesn’t he simply abolish it?”
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Media contact
Sam Munson
munson@learnaboutsam.org
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