Mike Tyson pleads with Trump to deliver on cannabis reform: 'IT'S DONE SO MUCH FOR ME'
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The Coalition of Athletes and Entertainers Supporting President Trump's Policy Objectives, which also includes NBA star Kevin Durant and former NFL star Dez Bryant, penned a letter to the White House in an effort to 'address marijuana-related injustices.'
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According to Marijuana Moment, the letter mentions three main points in their proposed reform: Clemency for 'nonviolent' marijuana offences, chancing the drug's current classification from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance, and ending 'discriminatory banking practices.'
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Tyson appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday, where he told the hosts: 'Cannabis is in the same category as heroin. How do you categorize it with heroin? Anybody that would smoke cannabis knows there's no comparison, and that's just ridiculous.'
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The boxing legend explained that the group wants to 'open up' safe banking for those in the cannabis industry who are currently unable to get loans.
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'There's over 500,000 people that can't get loans because they're in the cannabis business alone and that's just so ridiculous,' he said, noting how it's such a great income for the country.'
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Tyson went on to explain how he has used cannabis as medicine, and how it's made such improvements in his life.
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'I could not live, I was going crazy without cannabis. I was just going absolutely mad, fighting people in the street, giving wild responses back to people who said, 'Can I help you?'' Tyson detailed.
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'And then it's done so much for me,' the 59-year-old continued.
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'It's given me a new life, so to speak … all the reckless trouble I was getting into [as a kid], that's not happening now as an adult.'
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@MikeTyson calls it ridiculous that cannabis is still classified in the same drug schedule as crack cocaine and heroin pic.twitter.com/44yYAxCB9T
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The letter from the fleet of athletes and entertainers slammed Biden for failing to take action against those who are behind bars for crimes associated with the substance.
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'After making sweeping promises to voters in 2020, former President Biden failed to deliver on his pledge to address marijuana-related injustices,' the letter states.
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'Not only did he leave office without commuting the sentences of those incarcerated for marijuana, but in one of his final acts, he denied nearly every pending marijuana-related clemency application,' it notes.
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