With twelve Senators and a majority of American voters supporting marijuana descheduling, pressure is mounting for the Biden Administration to fulfill their campaign promise to end federal marijuana criminalization.
Today, the Oregon Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety announced that they plan to reverse the state’s public health approach to addiction and impose a criminal penalty for people not able to access treatment. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) has issued the below statement in response.
The report comes on the heels of federal scientists outlining marijuana’s medical benefits and low risk, signaling a disconnect between the health outcomes of marijuana use and the harms of enforcement.
The Committee’s support demonstrates a clear commitment to saving lives and embracing these research-backed, public health facilities.
Report findings illustrate the life-saving impact OPCs could have nationwide as United States faces an unprecedented overdose crisis.
Congress voted to pass legislation that would criminalize xylazine, impeding vital research on drug treatments, criminalizing low-level drug users, and hindering overdose prevention efforts.
Oregon Governor Kotek released the Portland Central City Task Force’s recommendations calling on state lawmakers to roll back the state’s drug decriminalization law, ban public drug use, and expand police presence in Portland.
New York City’s OPCs Provide Life-Saving Care to Communities As New York State Sees Overdose Deaths Rise
The Marijuana Justice Coalition (MJC) and the Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA)--representing 39 nonprofit and public interest groups--released a letter calling on President Biden to deschedule marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to fulfill his promise to voters regarding marijuana decriminalization.
United for Marijuana Decriminalization, a group of the nation's leading marijuana policy reform advocates and industry leaders, hosted a briefing detailing how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana decriminalization and center equity approaches throughout the federal government.
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