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NEW YORK — In response to the Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement today recommending rescheduling marijuana under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) from Schedule I to Schedule III, JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) issued the following statement:
“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement to reschedule marijuana under Schedule III, while being a step in the right direction, is superficial, too incremental, and only serves to continue the most serious harms impacting Black and Brown communities that continue to be disproportionately targeted by marijuana criminalization. Further, this descheduling announcement flies in the face of President Biden’s 2021 promise to ‘decriminalize the use of cannabis and automatically expunge all prior cannabis use convictions,’ as well as eliminate mandatory minimums for all drug convictions.
“Rescheduling in this manner only results in maintaining possession-based, federal, criminal penalties against those in compliance with state-level adult-use and medical cannabis laws. JustLeadershipUSA implores President Biden to fulfill his campaign promise in a meaningful way by fully decriminalizing marijuana; it must be removed from the CSA entirely. Deschedule, not reschedule is the goal.”
In our 10th anniversary year, JustLeadershipUSA’s work of educating, elevating, and empowering justice-impacted leaders continues and is growing even stronger!
This is going to be a very special time to look back on the past decade of JLUSA’s important work, the 1,600+ leaders we have helped get to the next level in their work, and even more importantly, we will look ahead to the next 10 years and beyond!
We can’t do this without you. We need your support to help us continue to do this work now and into the future. By making a donation in honor of JLUSA’s 10th anniversary year, you are saying to the amazing leaders in our network who represent the 70+ million Americans who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system, “I see you, and I support you!”
Please give a one-time $100 gift or set up a recurring $10 monthly donation to celebrate JLUSA’s 10th anniversary year, and together we will build a fair and just U.S. Thank you!
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Since 2014, JustLeadershipUSA has maintained our commitment to ensuring systems-impacted voices are at the forefront of the movement for criminal legal reform, empowering directly impacted leaders in over 45 states with the tools, resources, and connections to transform their work.
Your donation will provide crucial support for our leadership training programs, empowering future generations of leaders and propelling the work of JLUSA and our alumni as we continue to advocate and push reform on issues that matter the most in our communities.
In just 10 years, JLUSA and our network of leaders have worked to dismantle decades of harm caused by the criminal legal system.