According to the LA Weekly, the Obama administration has "signalled" its willingness to work with Congress to remove marijuana from its current Schedule I classification. But it isn't so; under current law, the Attorney General has the discretion to reclassify drugs on his own, without "working with Congress". This is nothing more than an election-year stunt designed specifically to allow Democratics to tar "evil Republicans" over a non-issue.
Today U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, President Obama's top cop, addressed a House Appropriations Committee budget hearing:
We'd be more than glad to work with Congress if there is a desire to look at and reexamine how the drug is scheduled, as I said there is a great degree of expertise that exists in Congress. It is something that ultimately Congress would have to change, and I think that our administration would be glad to work with Congress if such a proposal were made.
