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GABBARD: "These kinds of statements are the kinds of things that have stood in the way of this progress, propagating misinformation and myths that continue to cause problems, pain and suffering and hardship on people in this country. Norman has been doing a lot of work on this and this is why we’re introducing both of these bills together, to end the marijuana prohibition, to take it off at the Schedule I drug, while also getting a commission report from the National Academy of Sciences that can provide all of the facts and information and the truth that can dispel those myths that are being put out."