Claim: "Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."
Fact-check: Hitting war on drugs, Bernie Sanders says U.S. puts marijuana in same class as heroin 
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2016-04-22T00:00:00