"The policies of the federal government relating to the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug are there for a reason, and that is to protect the health and welfare of our public..."
Aloha D Perry,
Your opening remark (above) is simply inaccurate.  Ethanol is legal and is a decidedly higher risk to "the health and welfare of our (sic) public". It will stay legal because we value personal choice.
Mr Perry, do you realize that Richard Nixons staff person John Erlichman recently confirmed what many of us suspected; that the intent of the 'drug war' was to disrupt black/brown communities as well as the counter-culture and antiwar activists. 
The drug war achieved its intended result. Mass incarceration and prison profits on an unprecedented level. 
Your contention is that cannabis is a health threat. You don't have data to back up this claim.
But, for discussion sake, lets say you do. So what? It is not your job to prohibit a relatively benign and widely used natural substance.