Look into, consider, maybe...
None of this is hard. It works, it helps many medical conditions, it's a fucking plant.
Let the last legacy of Nixon rot in the ground with him, and end the freaking drug war.

Alll this time, all the years of studies, the uncovering of history on how it got to be such a horrendous thing in the first place, career reasons for Henry Anslinger, political reasons for Nixon, metastasizing organized crime and violence, then decades of research and white-papers, systematically dismissed for political reasons, unjust imprisonment of probably millions over the decades, more young lives ruined by that than any drug, profits for private prisons, profits off drug tests for everybody and their dog, federal persecution of medical users and they're now going to think about easing up on some the worst of this draconian situation, maybe?

I feel like an alcoholic, abusive husband (DEA) just came home and announced he's thinking about giving up the booze. Or maybe just cutting down sharply. I'm supposed to stand up and cheer, pat him on the back, tell him what a good guy he is? On the other hand, I don't want to put down his good intentions, maybe he means it this time.

"OK, honey. I'll give you any help you ask for."

And remember not to hold my breath until he follows through.

the so far successes in states that have legalized it,,,,,saved revenue not spent to arrest/try/incarcerate pot users has saved those states many millions of dollars, to add to that their revenues from taxation of the marijuana has netted those states HUGE increases to their budgets, massive windfalls, which goes to show how the country could fix part of our Federal Budget by legalizing it nation wide!

I think it is long past due that we stop letting the Puritans run the country

Cannabis could be rescheduled either legislatively, through Congress, or through the executive branch. Congress has so far rejected all bills to reschedule cannabis. However, it is not unheard of for Congress to intervene in the drug scheduling process; in February 2000, for instance, the 105th Congress, in its second official session, passed Public Law 106-172, also known as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reed Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000,[19] adding GHB to Schedule I.On June 23, 2011, Rep. Barney Frank and Rep. Ron Paul introduced H.R. 2306, legislation that would completely remove cannabis from the federal schedules, limiting the federal government's role to policing cross-border or interstate transfers into states where it remains illegal.

The Controlled Substances Act also provides for a rulemaking process by which the United States Attorney General can reschedule cannabis administratively. These proceedings represent the only means of legalizing medical cannabis without an act of Congress. Rescheduling supporters have often cited the lengthy petition review process as a reason why cannabis is still illegal.The first petition took 22 years to review, the second took 7 years, the third was denied 9 years later. A 2013 petition by two state governors is still pending.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supports transferring cannabis to Schedule II, while Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill to remove it from the schedules altogether.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Schedule_I_of_the...