Rescheduling marijuana sends a dangerous message that this addictive drug is safe, despite— 30% of medical users developingdevelop addiction, and the drug havinghas no real medical value. Offering America’s children up as a sacrificial lamb will bring no benefits, save for the Chinese drug cartels operating thousands of farms nationwide, who will peddle their poison more easily.

Moving marijuana to Schedule III is an overdue admission that its original classification was complete nonsense and a step toward the right direction for countless Americans who need cannabis for legitimate medical use. The government’s war on pot, however, is far from over, and will not end until itmarijuana decriminalizesis decriminalized and legalizeslegalized marijuana entirely.