1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

Support moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. The DEA's rescheduling proceeding is at a critical juncture, and federal policy needs to catch up with the medical reality that millions of Americans already live under — legal, state-regulated cannabis programs that the federal government continues to treat as having no accepted medical value whatsoever. Schedule I status is scientifically indefensible. Dozens of states have recognized marijuana's medical utility, and the administrative hearing record reflects that. Rescheduling would lift the Section 280E tax burden that currently bars state-licensed cannabis businesses from deducting ordinary operating expenses — a penalty no other legal industry faces. It would also ease restrictions that have long hampered legitimate medical research. This is not the finish line. Rescheduling alone won't resolve the conflict between state and federal law, and descheduling remains the only real path to eliminating federal criminal penalties entirely. But rescheduling is a necessary and overdue step. Please make clear, publicly and on the record, that you support this change.