{"id":86417,"date":"2026-07-21T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/congress-should-stop-dicking-around-and-legalize-marijuana-fetterman-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:47:33","slug":"congress-should-stop-dicking-around-and-legalize-marijuana-fetterman-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/congress-should-stop-dicking-around-and-legalize-marijuana-fetterman-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Should \u2018Stop Dicking Around\u2019 And Legalize Marijuana, Fetterman Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) says it\u2019s time for Congress to \u201cstop dicking around\u201d and legalize marijuana already\u2014touting his cosponsorship of a recently filed bill to end federal cannabis prohibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been very pro-weed,\u201d the senator said in a press release on Tuesday. \u201cIn a very libertarian slant: I\u2019m not going to judge anyone for using it to knock the edge off of life. I think your path to wellness should be without judgement or punishment\u2014legal, safe, and regulated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI supported President Biden and President Trump when they took steps on the issue,\u201d Fetterman said, referring to the process of rescheduling marijuana that has advanced during both administrations, and the mass cannabis pardons that Biden issued.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is time for Congress to stop dicking around and make weed legal,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cThis bill is a good step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Fetterman and other Democrats\u2014led by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Ron Wyden\u2014filed the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), which would completely remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), a process known as \u201cdescheduling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The far-reaching proposal\u2019s introduction came one day after the conclusion of testimony during a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on a proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I of the CSA to Schedule III<\/a> that was started during the Biden administration and has advanced under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The new legislation would also create a pathway for people to get their prior criminal sentences for cannabis reduced and expunged while restoring access to housing, jobs and civil rights that they may have lost.<\/p>\n

The measure would additionally apply a federal tax on marijuana and use some of the revenue to create a Department of Justice Cannabis Justice Office that would manage a fund to support job training, reentry and legal aid for people from communities harmed by prohibition.<\/p>\n

In May, Fetterman gave some across-the-aisle credit to Trump for taking steps to advance cannabis rescheduling and accelerate therapeutic access to psychedelics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we could all agree [on] everything that President Trump has done about liberalizing marijuana and psychedelics and now too,\u201d Fetterman said in the interview with Reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really am very, very libertarian in a lot of ways and for those circumstances,\u201d the senator said. \u201cIf you check my record, I\u2019ve been for legal weed for forever in that. Politically, that was toxic or certainly not popular. And also psychedelics too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been very consistent about that and sharing those things,\u201d Fetterman, who has championed cannabis reform since he served as Pennsylvania\u2019s lieutenant governor, said. \u201cSo I do hope it continues to liberalize for that, overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fetterman has criticized Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers for holding up marijuana legalization<\/a>\u00a0as neighboring states like Ohio move forward with the policy change.<\/p>\n

Last year, the senator\u2019s campaign\u00a0launched a petition supporting federal marijuana legalization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He previously criticized President Joe Biden for\u00a0excluding military-level cannabis policy violations from his mass marijuana pardons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post Congress Should \u2018Stop Dicking Around\u2019 And Legalize Marijuana, Fetterman Says<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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