Schumer seeks to capitalize on Biden’s marijuana reclassification

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Senate Democrats are reviving a long-standing endeavor to federally legalize marijuana after the Biden administration said it would reclassify the drug as a less dangerous one.  

Marijuana legalization proponents, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), see an opening for Congress to piggyback off the move. 

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