Democratic senators hit Biden for 'extraordinarily disappointing' stance on marijuana
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The Biden administration's response to a group of progressive senators' request to deschedule marijuana was "extraordinarily disappointing," the senators wrote.
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"It is obvious that cannabis has widely accepted medical benefits, affirmed by medical and scientific communities both here and across the globe," Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Kirsten Gillibran, D-N.Y., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote in the letter to the president.
"The therapeutic properties of cannabis caused by the effects of both the tetrahydrocannabinol-alpha (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) components make it an excellent alternative to highly addictive opiates for pain relief."