Marijuana Moment: GOP Senator Claims Marijuana Is A ‘Gateway Drug,’ Voicing Opposition To Trump’s Rescheduling Order

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Written By Matt Laslo

By Kyle Jaeger, Marijuana Moment

A GOP senator says his opposition to marijuana reform—and his conviction that cannabis is a “gateway drug”—hasn’t changed even after President Donald Trump signed a rescheduling order.

Asked about the president’s directive to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told Marijuana Moment that cannabis is a “gateway drug” and that his position is informed by the fact that his brother died from a drug overdose.

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