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Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins:
On Monday, Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) along with 14 other senators and congressmen sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) demanding that it deny the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) request to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk Schedule III drug. The letter comes as a growing chorus of lawmakers and experts warn of the manifold harms to society that could result from removing prohibitions on the drug.
In the letter provided exclusively to The Washington Stand, the lawmakers argue that “[a]ny effort to reschedule marijuana should be based on proven facts and science — not popular opinion, changes in state laws, or the preferred policy of an administration.”
Lankford was joined by seven other senators, including Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), as well as six congressmen, including Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.), Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.).
Oklahoma has seen alarming growth in illegal grow operations, foreign land purchases by China and others, and related criminal activity, including execution-style murder. More marijuana is not good for our families, our businesses, or our communities. https://t.co/ERYFKpYxZN
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) August 30, 2023
.@SenatorLankford along with 14 other senators and congressmen sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency demanding that it deny the Department of Health and Human Services’ request to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk Schedule III drug.https://t.co/cXgj2IfBGS
— The Washington Stand (@WSHStand) September 12, 2023