--- title: Hillary Clinton Campaign Says She Would Reschedule Marijuana description: If elected, Clinton will reclassify pot from Schedule I to Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act. canonical: https://time.com/4449322/hillary-clinton-marijuana-schedule-dea/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T21:15:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:42:29.051Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Campaign Says She Would Reschedule Marijuana og:description: Making weed easier to research og:url: https://time.com/4449322/hillary-clinton-marijuana-schedule-dea/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51868e8db22a9f29/6988a0c72dce01c2749ea268/hillary-clinton-catholics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Campaign Says She Would Reschedule Marijuana twitter:description: Making weed easier to research twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51868e8db22a9f29/6988a0c72dce01c2749ea268/hillary-clinton-catholics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Campaign Says She Would Reschedule Marijuana > Sponsored content. 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At the same time, it eased rules that have limited the u_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 11, 2016 9:15 PM UTC The federal government declared Thursday that marijuana, for nearly a half-century lumped in with heroin, LSD and Ecstasy as the most deadly and useless illicit drugs, will remain on that list. At the same time, it eased rules that have limited the u by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 11, 2016 9:15 PM UTC Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton [plans to reschedule marijuana](http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/08/11/dea-rescheduling-marijuana-hillary-clinton/60849/) if she is elected in November, according to a statement issued by the campaign. While the Drug Enforcement Administration [denied a petition](http://time.com/4447462/marijuana-dea-schedule-i-drug/?xid=homepage) early Thursday to remove marijuana from its Schedule I list under the Controlled Substances Act, leaving the drug lumped in with heroin, LSD and other elicit substances, the Clinton campaign thinks that rescheduling the drug serves a higher purpose. “Marijuana is already being used for medical purposes in states across the country, and it has the potential for even further medical use,” Maya Harris, a senior policy advisor to Clinton’s campaign, said in a statement, reported by _The Denver Post_. “As Hillary Clinton has said throughout this campaign, we should make it easier to study marijuana so that we can better understand its potential benefits, as well as its side effects. The DEA’s decision to keep pot as a Schedule I drug affirmed the federal government’s belief that there is insufficient evidence to show that any “specific benefits” the drug might offer would outweigh any of the “known risks.” Clinton, however, seems to disagree and the campaign contended that if elected, she would reclassify the drug to a Schedule II substance, which would mean acceptance that marijuana has a medical use for treatment. “As president, Hillary will build on the important steps announced today by rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance. She will also ensure Colorado, and other states that have enacted marijuana laws, can continue to serve as laboratories of democracy,” Harris continued. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4449322/hillary-clinton-marijuana-schedule-dea/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4449322/hillary-clinton-marijuana-schedule-dea/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaign Says She Would Reschedule Marijuana","datePublished":"2016-08-11T21:15:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-07T06:42:29.051Z","description":"Making weed easier to research","url":"https://time.com/4449322/hillary-clinton-marijuana-schedule-dea/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","Marijuana","2016 Election","Drugs","DEA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51868e8db22a9f29/6988a0c72dce01c2749ea268/hillary-clinton-catholics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51868e8db22a9f29/6988a0c72dce01c2749ea268/hillary-clinton-catholics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton applauds as she sits on stage at a rally at Omaha North High Magnet School in Omaha, Neb. on Aug. 1, 2016.","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4449322/hillary-clinton-marijuana-schedule-dea/","name":"Hillary Clinton Campaign Says She Would Reschedule Marijuana"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Feds Keep Restrictions On Marijuana","description":"The federal government declared Thursday that marijuana, for nearly a half-century lumped in with heroin, LSD and Ecstasy as the most deadly and useless illicit drugs, will remain on that list. 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