Elizabeth Warren, a senator from Massachusetts (D), says Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson would be at the top of a hypothetical list for a “dream blunt” rotation. She also hinted that she had spoken with officials in Biden Administration about reclassifying cannabis.
The senator was interviewed by Pod Save America, which posted the interview on Monday. She talked about her recent push to reform administrative cannabis laws that go beyond simple rescheduling. And the former Obama aide who moderated the discussion asked who she would most likely invite to a ‘blunt session’ from a pre-selected list.
Warren clarified that her answer “has nothing whatsoever to do with cannabis” and could have just as easily been choosing someone with whom she would like to go for a pedicure.
She chose The Rock four times as her co-session partners, rather than choosing four people from a list that included Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. Also on the list were Senator Bernie Sanders (I – VT), Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (D – NY), Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D – CA, Snoop Dogg, and Taylor Swift.
She laughed and said: “I just did The Rock four more times.”
Warren refused to pick a person when Jon Favreau, a former Obama speechwriter, gave her a hypothetical list of people she could choose from to form her “nightmare-blank rotation.” The choices included Elon Musk (R), Sen. Ted Cruz, (R), Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, (R), Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, and Mark Zuckerberg.
She jokingly said, “I am starting to feel sick.” “That’s really horrible to think about.”
The game was played after a substantive discussion about the senator’s support for federal marijuana descheduling, amid an ongoing review of the potential reclassification cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act.
Warren, when asked if she had discussed the issue with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Justice Department, or the administration in general directly, said that she “won’t talk about private discussions” and winked, as Favreau noted, indicating some level of communication.
Since , the senator has fielded several questions about marijuana legalization. She was part of a group that wrote to DEA urging them to de-schedule cannabis. stated that it “shouldn’t be too hard” to legalize cannabis during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in early October. She also dodged a lighthearted question regarding whether she herself was high.
She said, “If the Republicans didn’t block us, this would be run through Congress, and you could just legalize it.”
Warren agreed. “I’m for regulations like the ones that exist around alcohol. You have to be of a certain age to buy it, and you must disclose certain information about its potency. “But I want to tell the DEA, Guys, Come on. This isn’t 1958 and we shouldn’t be afraid of these things. “Let’s just cancel it and move forward.”
She was asked if she understood that the DEA or the administration has the power to de-schedule marijuana. She replied, “They clearly have the ability.”
She said, “They are responsible for the scheduling.” We do this every day. We’re moving ahead on the other side in places where Republicans are blocking our progress in Congress. “We’re trying to do the best we can administratively.”
Experts have disputed the notion that the Biden Administration could fully legalize cannabis without Congress, despite the fact that DEA has scheduling authority and is currently reviewing a recommendation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to move marijuana to Schedule III of CSA.
Warren said that cannabis’ current Schedule I status means “you can’t run tests on [it]”. Scientists have long criticised the unique bureaucratic difficulties imposed by Schedule I, but it is still possible for marijuana research to be conducted.
According to one pardoned person, the Vice President Kamala Harris’s office has been contacting people who have received a pardon under the president’s clemency declarations that were issued along with the scheduling directive. They are seeking assurances that the Justice Department certification is proceeding smoothly, and engaging in broader conversations about cannabis policy reform.
Harris was also criticized earlier this month for sharing a video in which she claimed that the Obama administration had “changed the federal marijuana policy”. Although Biden has granted thousands of pardons for simple possession and has directed an ongoing review of federal cannabis scheduling laws, the law has not yet changed and the campaign promises to decriminalize pot have still not been fulfilled.
Recently, rumors circulated that DEA’s schedule announcement would be made earlier this month. However, that didn’t happen. A Biden administration official said to Marijuana Moment they’d “wave away” speculation about imminent actions.
A recent survey also found that the impression that voters had of President increased by a net of 11 points when they heard about the potential implications of the rescheduling evaluation. This includes a favorable swing of 11 points among young voters aged 18-25, who are critical to his reelection campaign.
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