{"id":85890,"date":"2026-04-29T08:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/aoc-supports-trumps-marijuana-rescheduling-move-even-if-it-doesnt-quite-make-all-the-wrongs-right\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:45:32","slug":"aoc-supports-trumps-marijuana-rescheduling-move-even-if-it-doesnt-quite-make-all-the-wrongs-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/aoc-supports-trumps-marijuana-rescheduling-move-even-if-it-doesnt-quite-make-all-the-wrongs-right\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Supports Trump\u2019s Marijuana Rescheduling Move, Even If It \u2018Doesn\u2019t Quite Make All The Wrongs Right\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) supports the Trump administration\u2019s move to reschedule marijuana under federal law<\/a>\u2014but she also worries that enacting incremental cannabis reforms without equity and social justice measures will leave behind many people who have been harmed by criminalization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has always been an issue kind of at the heart of decriminalization,\u201d the congresswoman told Marijuana Moment in an interview on the Capitol Steps on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the people who profited from the war on drugs will then profit also\u2014double down on that profit\u2014from legalization,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then the folks who were criminalized and had their lives destroyed by the war on drugs never get to see justice or have that made right. So I think that is a fundamental difference that we have here in the approach to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice announced last week that marijuana products regulated by a state medical cannabis license immediately moved to Schedule III, as did any marijuana products that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). An administrative hearing scheduled for this summer will consider broader cannabis rescheduling.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I will always welcome a descheduling of marijuana from Schedule I,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez told Marijuana Moment on Wednesday. \u201cI will be supportive of that, because it reduces that harm, but it doesn\u2019t quite make all the wrongs right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.@AOC<\/a> to Marijuana Moment: “I will always welcome a descheduling of marijuana from Schedule I. I will be supportive of that, because it reduces that harm, but it doesn’t quite make all the wrongs right.”https:\/\/t.co\/rpy45AUIJM<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uPoFI2uFQc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marijuana Moment (@MarijuanaMoment) April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The congresswoman has previously voted for and cosponsored legislation to federally legalize and tax marijuana<\/a> while creating a new federal Office of Cannabis Justice to oversee social equity programs for the cannabis industry.<\/p>\n

She has also been a lead sponsor of legislation to facilitate expungement of past cannabis convictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez has additionally discussed her support for decriminalizing psychedelics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The LCB<\/a>\u00a0contributed reporting from Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n

The post AOC Supports Trump\u2019s Marijuana Rescheduling Move, Even If It \u2018Doesn\u2019t Quite Make All The Wrongs Right\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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