Alabama Cannabis Coalition not happy with marijuana reclassification
U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION MOVING TO RECLASSIFY MARIJUANA AS A LESS DANGEROUS DRUG, AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING A MOVE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEDICAL USES OF CANNABIS. OUR WVTM 13 LISA CRANE SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALABAMA CANNABIS COALITION ABOUT THESE MOVES TO LOOSEN REGULATIONS ON MARIJUANA.
MARTY SHELLER HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA FOR YEARS. SHE BELIEVES THE PLANT HAS A REPUTATION. IT DOES NOT DESERVE. I’M 64 YEARS OLD. UH, I STARTED USING CANNABIS PRODUCTS WHEN I WAS 15. I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN. UM, I MEAN, IF IT’S FRYING SOMEBODY’S BRAIN, IT DIDN’T FRY MINE. SO YOU MIGHT THINK SHE’D APPROVE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S MOVE TO LOOSEN THE REGULATIONS ON MARIJUANA BY RECLASSIFYING IT. SCHEDULE THREE IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK IT IS, SHE SAYS. IT’S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. PEOPLE THINK SCHEDULE THREE IS A WIN. THEY THINK IT’S A MAGNIFICENT THING. THEY THINK IT’S DECRIMINALIZATION. SOME PEOPLE ARE SO NAIVE AS TO THINK THAT IT’S LEGALIZATION, WHICH IT’S NOT.
SHE SAYS ONLY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE RECLASSIFICATION. SHE WANTS TO SEE CANNABIS DECLASSIFIED AND LEGALIZED. WE SUPPORT THE CITIZENS RIGHT TO HOME GROWTH. WE BELIEVE IN EXPUNGEMENT. WE BELIEVE IN DECRIM NORMALIZATION, AND WE BELIEVE IN THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. AND WE’RE FIGHTING FOR STATES RIGHTS. WE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, THE NATION AS A WHOLE, TO PUT…
