LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -
Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of eleven States in submitting a public comment letter on Monday opposing the Biden Administration’s proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III on the federal Controlled Substances Act.
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The comment letter was submitted in response to the Department of Justice’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding the proposed change.
According to the attorney general, moving marijuana to Schedule III would be a significant step toward fully legalizing marijuana at the federal level and represents, in practical effect, a significant tax break for marijuana retailers.
Nebraska’s 40-page comment letter outlines several reasons why the rescheduling of marijuana is both unlawful and ill-advised.
“There is a myth that marijuana is relatively safe and that expanding legal access to it would not significantly harm the public health,”
Hilgers said. “Our comment letter explains why nothing could be further from the truth.”
The attorney general said the Biden Administration’s effort ignores the science, ignores our decades-old treaty obligations, and ignores the law, all while acting to give marijuana companies a tax break.
Nebraska law makes marijuana illegal in all circumstances.
The coalition of attorneys general also included the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and South Dakota.
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