Overview

• A coalition led by Mike Tyson and featuring athletes and entertainers such as Kevin Durant, Allen Iverson and Roy Jones Jr. delivered a public letter to President Trump on June 27 urging immediate federal cannabis reform.
• As of June 30, the Trump administration has offered no formal response or policy commitments to the coalition’s demands.
• The letter denounces President Biden’s failure to commute sentences or grant clemency for nonviolent marijuana offenders despite his 2020 pledge to address marijuana injustices.
• Advocates demand rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III to acknowledge its medical benefits and end discriminatory banking restrictions that leave over 500,000 workers without access to loans.
• Tyson testified that cannabis transformed his life by helping him manage mental health challenges and curbing past reckless behavior.