Marijuana sale and use is legal in New York — but not across the U.S. — and it’s time for a change in how the federal government sees cannabis, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said in Harlem on Sunday.
Gillibrand, along with a host of federal and state lawmakers, called upon Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to “deschedule” marijuana — underscoring the multifaceted implications of its current classification as a Schedule I substance, putting weed on par with or higher than deadlier narcotics like heroin, fentanyl or cocaine.
