DEA - GOP Mitt Romney Pens Letter To DEA Bashing Cannabis Rescheduling Dems' Letter To DOJ Bashes Broken Promises | Benzinga
Three Republican Senators came out swinging at the mere idea of rescheduling cannabis, as proposed by the Biden Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which passed the request on to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The GOP trio, Mitt Romney (R-UT), James Risch (R-ID) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) are now urging the DEA to do no such thing and to keep marijuana as a Schedule I drug along with heroin, meth and LSD.
What Are They Thinking?
The three amigos, led by Romney, argue in their Wednesday letter to DEA administrator Ann Milgram that rescheduling cannabis would contravene international treaties and compromise the nation’s ability to enforce drug laws globally.
Rescheduling marijuana should be grounded in scientific evidence and honor the U.S.’s treaty commitments, they said, referencing the 1967 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs treaty.
The treaty mandates drug policy for member states. The DEA has previously used these international agreements when denying attempts to reschedule marijuana.
The Senators asked if the DEA still finds it necessary to ...