Former US Attorney General Eric Holder believes marijuana should not be considered among the most dangerous drugs on the planet, he told PBS’s Frontline.

“I certainly think it ought to be rescheduled,” said Holder — referring to pot’s status as a federally illegal “schedule 1” drug, considered by authorities as more dangerous than heroin or cocaine.

“You know, we treat marijuana in the same way that we treat heroin now, and that clearly is not appropriate. So at a minimum, I think Congress needs to do that. Then I think we need to look at what happens in Colorado and what happens in Washington.”

Activists are disappointed Holder spent six years as America’s top prosecutor essentially acting in bad faith — sitting atop a criminal justice system that arrested about 700,000 people per year for pot. Researchers claim the Obama Administration has spent hundreds of millions of dollars raiding and imprisoning state-legal medical cannabis operators.

Tom Angell, chairman of the nonprofit organization Marijuana Majority and blogger, stated:

“It’s nice to have Holder’s support for this sensible policy change, but it would have been a lot better if he’d exercised the power to get marijuana rescheduling done while he was still in office.”

Holder’s statements align with President Obama’s recent comments that he would probably sign marijuana law reform, if Congress sent him the bill.

The White House should act, stated Angell.