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On the recordJanuary 14, 2020
So we would have to get marijuana off the Controlled Substances Act--out of it in order to do the research that we absolutely need to do on what is being sold right now, and millions and millions of dollars being spent on it, and many, many users?
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky emphasizes the need to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act for research purposes.

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