{"id":74838,"date":"2024-05-01T11:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/white-house-says-marijuana-rescheduling-is-part-of-pledge-biden-made-to-voters-in-last-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:45:41","slug":"white-house-says-marijuana-rescheduling-is-part-of-pledge-biden-made-to-voters-in-last-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/white-house-says-marijuana-rescheduling-is-part-of-pledge-biden-made-to-voters-in-last-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Says Marijuana Rescheduling Is Part Of Pledge Biden Made To Voters In Last Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The White House says that President Joe Biden\u2019s marijuana review directive that\u2019s now resulted in a Justice Department rescheduling decision<\/a> is part of fulfilling the pledge he made to voters in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

At a press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the status of DOJ\u2019s proposed rule to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). She said that the \u201cprocess continues,\u201d but she couldn\u2019t confirm that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has received the proposed rule yet.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department did confirm on Tuesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland has \u201ccirculated a proposal to reclassify marijuana,\u201d but it\u2019s procedurally unclear where exactly that proposal currently sits.<\/p>\n

A DOJ spokesperson told Marijuana Moment on Wednesday that they don\u2019t have \u201cany additional information beyond the statement from yesterday.\u201d A White House staffer deferred to DOJ.<\/p>\n

During Wednesday\u2019s briefing, Jean-Pierre simply reiterated that Biden directed the scheduling review in late 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended moving cannabis to Schedule III and \u201cDOJ is looking into that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to be really mindful there. They\u2019re moving with that process. I don\u2019t have anything more to say,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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While she deferred to DOJ after being asked whether the White House OMB has received the rescheduling proposal, the press secretary added: \u201cLet\u2019s not forget that this is something that the president talked about during his campaign. He said no American who only possesses marijuana should go to jail. It is affecting communities across the country, including communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why he asked HHS and Department of Justice to look into this, and that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a commitment and a promise that he made when he decided to run back in 2019, and he was very clear why it was important, he believed, to ask the Department of Justice and HHS to review this,\u201d the press secretary said. \u201cThat review continues, and so don\u2019t want to get ahead of how [DOJ is] moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again, the Justice Department confirmed that the review is now complete, meaning the next step should be a White House OMB review before publishing the proposed rule in the Federal Register. It\u2019s then expected to go through a public comment period and possible administrative hearing before being finalized.<\/p>\n

While Jean-Pierre is right that Biden did previously campaign on rescheduling marijuana, he also pledged to federally decriminalize the plant. But rescheduling, as is now in the works, would not legalize or decriminalize cannabis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The president has issued two proclamations granting mass marijuana pardons to people who\u2019ve committed federal possession offenses, but there are still thousands of people incarcerated in federal prison over cannabis-related convictions.<\/p>\n

The press secretary also said last month that Biden has been \u201cvery, very clear\u201d about his support for decriminalizing marijuana<\/a>. Days earlier, Jean-Pierre reiterated that HHS made its rescheduling recommendation to DEA based on a review that was \u201cguided by evidence [and] by science,\u201d<\/a> which is \u201cwhat we believe here in this administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

In any case, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have also become increasingly vocal about marijuana policy reform actions in the lead-up to the November election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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