President Trump should halt Biden’s attempt to make pot a ‘Schedule III’ substance.
Whether to loosen the government’s ultratight controls on marijuana is among the matters President Trump inherited from Joe Biden.
Under law, marijuana is a Schedule I substance, meaning it has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Mr. Biden initiated a process to move pot to Schedule III, thereby labeling it a medicine with only moderate abuse potential. Mr. Trump must decide whether to move ahead with the change.
He shouldn’t. Rescheduling would bolster a socially disastrous legal weed industry that has spread crime and disorder in the streets. Containing that chaos instead of spreading it would be in line with the president’s mandate.
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Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal
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