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The Drug Enforcement Agency will soon consider whether to reclassify marijuana and remove it from the Schedule 1 list. Tell the DEA to decriminalize marijuana and open it to medicinal research.

Dear MoveOn member,

The Drug Enforcement Administration just announced that they'll soon consider whether to reclassify marijuana and remove it from its Schedule 1 "dangerous drugs" category.¹ Will you join me in calling to decriminalize marijuana? Click here to sign the petition to President Barack Obama, which says:

If the DEA doesn't act, issue an Executive Order to remove the Schedule 1 classification from marijuana and decriminalize this natural herb.

There are well over 100 scientific studies showing definitive benefits of medical marijuana pertaining to pain management, sleep management, anger management, anxiety disorders, seizures, cancer, and other ailments.²

Decriminalizing marijuana is the right thing to do, and it is necessary to do. We must end the destruction of hundreds of thousands of young lives by criminalizing them for possessing a harmless, natural substance.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Eric Bruce Eichbauer

Sources:

1. "DEA Plans To Decide Whether To Reschedule Marijuana By Mid-Year," The Huffington Post, April 5, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/2991?t=5&akid=164332.10220574.vu4COo

2. "Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis and Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature," NORML, accessed April 18, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/3055?t=7&akid=164332.10220574.vu4COo

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