I believe the best way forward with cannabis will be to make it so that federally it isn't enforced at all but it is enforced at the state level.
Rescheduling it any other way at the federal level sets a precedent for all states. Kicking it back to the states (like abortion) allows each state to do what they want with it.
Conservative states can keep it illegal and the lefty states can legalize it. Or whatever the individual states decides to do with it
This right here. Marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which means it is considered to have no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, placing it in the same category as heroin and LSD. <- it needs to be not in this category. If dropped to a 3, This reclassification, if finalized, would not make marijuana legal on the federal level but would ease federal restrictions, facilitate medical research, and potentially allow businesses to deduct expenses currently disallowed under federal tax law, reducing their effective tax burden.