“The U.S. government should reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug so that scientists can conduct more research...”
They cannot do that without violating drug control treaties that we are signatories to. Of course, it was us who strongarmed the rest of the world into entering those treaties, but regardless, they have the force of law now until we withdraw from them.
Maybe she knows that most young black men would smoke reefer all day if they could.