Illinois is one signature away from joining the 10 other states that have legalized recreational use of marijuana.

With a bipartisan vote of 66-47, the House approved a bill Friday that had been passed by the Senate Wednesday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who campaigned for office on a promise to legalize pot, almost immediately issued a statement in which he promised to sign a bill that he said offers “the most equity-centric approach in the nation.”

Today, the government considers marijuana as dangerous as heroin.

That’s idiotic.

As president I will immediately issue an executive order to declassify marijuana as a controlled substance.

Too many lives were ruined due to the disastrous criminalization of marijuana. Today I am releasing my plan to:

Legalize marijuana with executive action
Expunge past marijuana convictions
Invest in communities most affected by the War on Drugs