Based on President Obama's recent comments regarding the risks of marijuana versus alcohol, we the people believe it is an appropriate time to re-assign marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule II drug, thus acknowledging that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and boasts more medicinal benefits than alcohol could ever acheive in Americans' well-being. In addition, re-assigning marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule II substance would allow transparent transactions between large banking organizations and medical institutions - a vital step toward funding cannabis-based research that may have potentially life-saving effects.



