If Congress does not let experience have a longer say in “decriminalization” then the nation may well regret it.
What has followed marijuana decriminalization in California; the end of marijuana based drug related criminal activity, as proponents of decriminalization suggested? No. Marijuana based illegal activity is exploding with illegal marijuana growers competing with and corrupting the legal marijuana trade.
The experience of things in the states that have already decriminalized marijuana has to be observed for some many years more before any additional decriminalization moves are made. And even then, should it be a federal matter other than the federal government leaving it to the states?
I'm not seeing any more than that in the Rat proposals. And if there is, the constitutionalist response is to beat them to the punch by passing a simple federal withdrawal. I support that - do you?