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AO Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 14th District, which covers parts of the Bronx and Queens.

“Of course, I will always welcome a descheduling of marijuana from Schedule I. I will be supportive of that, because it … reduces that harm but it doesn’t quite make all of the wrongs right.”

Ask a Pol drugs · April 2026

“Of course, I will always welcome a descheduling of marijuana from Schedule I. I will be supportive of that, because it … reduces that harm but it doesn’t quite make all of the wrongs right.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ask a Pol drugs

Context

Said by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Ask a Pol's Matt Laslo on the Capitol steps on April 29, 2026, after he asked about the Trump administration moving medical marijuana to Schedule III while doing nothing for people incarcerated on marijuana charges.

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