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Steve Cohen: “I would hope you would look into initiating, which you can, taking it off the Schedule 1. It's crazy to have it with LSD…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
I would hope you would look into initiating, which you can, taking it off the Schedule 1. It's crazy to have it with LSD and heroin, and it should not be there and it should be studied.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen urges for marijuana to be removed from Schedule 1 to allow for necessary studies.

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