Press Releases
Dec 18, 2025
桃子视频Responds to President Trump鈥檚 Announcement Rescheduling Marijuana
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Trump announced today that he will direct executive agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, recognizing that ma...
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Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
May 16, 2024
桃子视频Applauds President Biden鈥檚 Announcement to Reclassify Marijuana, Calls for More Reform
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden announced today that he plans to reschedule marijuana into a category of controlled substances that have a currently accepted medical use and only a ...
Jul 21, 2022
桃子视频Comment on Senate Introduction of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� In response to Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Sens. Booker and Wyden today introducing the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, Aamra Ahmad, senior polic...
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Criminal Law Reform
Apr 01, 2022
桃子视频桃子视频 Statement on House Passage of MORE Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, HR 3617 today.
Aamra Ahmad, American Civil Liberties Uni...
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Criminal Law Reform
Mar 31, 2022
桃子视频Calls on House to Pass the MORE Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 桃子视频 and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives today encouraging leg...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 28, 2021
桃子视频Statement on the U.S. House Voting to End Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. House of Representatives passed today the EQUAL Act with a strong bipartisan vote of 361-66. The bill would eliminate the decades-old sentencing disparity b...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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