Remove Marijuana from "Schedule 1"

We believe that the war on drugs has failed and that marijuana should never have been prohibited in the first place. We believe that President Nixon was wrong to put it on "Schedule 1". While our ultimate goal is the end of prohibition, as a first step on this path, we urge President Obama and his senior staff to watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta's video on this subject. With nearly half of US States allowing for medical marijuana, federal classification as "Schedule 1" (meaning no medicinal value) is in direct conflict with both the evidence, and the people in the States, and the States that have voted for allowing this plant to be used for medicinal purposes. If it can help people with cancer, glaucoma, MS, ALS, and a host of other diseases, it should, at minimum, be removed from "Schedule 1".