... And it's still illegal to carry on federal land (including boarders). This is a win but it's a fucking minor one.
Amazingly enough after Canada legalized weed our country didn't instantly fall into anarchy.
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US stayes that legalized weed had all of the predicted positive outcomes like reduced crime related to weed, increased taxes because it is taxed, etc.
You know, the obvious outcomes for anyone who doesn't buy into reefer madness.
The oligarchs need more time to monopolize the market. Can't have folks growing their own plants when there's money to be made now
/s because internet
When we know in reality they needed time push laws through so they can make sure to keep the prisons fill with slave labor.
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Legalizing weed would drastically reduce the prison population of America.
And we all know how bad that would be.
/s
They'll figure out another way to get their slaves :/
Who will punch all our license plates?! Imagine the cost to society! /s
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Still waiting on Congress to decriminalize and expunge records.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617
Amazingly enough after Canada legalized weed our country didn't instantly fall into anarchy.
Not yet my friend, not yet /s
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Hey a half a loaf. Its Zenos paradox of legalization. With progress like this, in another 40 years we'll be another halfway there to legalization.
It will at least open up research for cannabis drug development into FDA approved products.
It also basically will legalize Medical cannabis federally. This could lead to many other benefits. Get a medical card, it's legit with the state and the feds, then there shouldn't be any grounds for drug tests to affect your employment.
The big thing is federal contracts.
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That all depends on when Democrats get congressional majority. Congress is responsible for legislative decriminalization.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617
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For people like me who use it medicinally, this is a huge win.
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So it moves to be rescheduled but is just being sent to DEA for them to now think about it?
I get it's news but I don't see what is actually changing
Its the next major step in the process of getting it rescheduled. Each step could potentially end that process, so each movement forward is great news.
The DEA already agreed to the FDA’s Schedule III recommendation. Now it’s open for 60 days of public comment.
If there’s no change in mind, it gets passed to up the to both HHS and DOJ as approvals, then sent to Biden to sign off. (I think)
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There's two things this changes.
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Easier to research.
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We get a lot less tax money from it.
For 1, it's not that much of a gain, we don't need more studies to show it's safe. That's been accomplished, and it wasn't that hard to do a study the last couple years.
For 2, tax money was the biggest reason states could be convinced to legalize.
There's a little bit of a 3 involved. I forget the specifics from an earlier article, but I read something about while a lower schedule may let them transition from cash only to banking, the DEA can still seize all their funds because it's on the schedule. It's just now they can do it from a computer.
When they don't use banks, at least the DEA had to actually show up and ~~steal~~ seize their cash.
So say a Republican takes office and is pissed at Cali, he can tell the DEA to freeze and seize the bank accounts of every business and person connected to the cannabis industry.
And it'd all be 100% legal, take very little effort, and can easily be converted into some kind of "border security" bullshit like building a giant pointless wall.
I dunno, lately I keep getting frustrated at people never realizing what shit can naturally lead to. Maybe my standards for planning ahead need lowered?
I just don't understand why this is acceptable when Biden told us decriminalization was the goal.
A co.plete removal from the schedule would have been that, and would have accomplished a lot and taken the same effort as this. I don't see why we don't try to actually fix shit.
I don’t see why we don’t try to actually fix shit.
Because then they can't keep kicking the can down the road for the next election.
Gotta keep that voter base involved somehow, and when you aren't actually gonna give them anything to be happy about, you've got to trot out nice little lies you'll never follow through with to make them get out to vote.
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Still illegal without prescription
Will they retroactively commute sentences of people who were charged with the previous classification?
No, because it's still illegal. This reclassification is a compromise, not a solution.
baby steps.
Biden has done what he is able to do. He proclaimed presidential pardon for federal marijuana charges in late 2022. However, the executive branch has no authority to impact state level charges, which would likely be the vast majority of people affected by marijuana policing over time. In a world where government works as intended, state level organizations should take their cues from what the federal government is doing, but, as I understand it, they are not necessarily beholden to slavishly adopt the federal posture. Perhaps someone with a deeper understanding might illuminate us further.
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Will this allow dispenseries and retail stores to use banking?
Probably not yet...biggest advantage of moving from Sch 1 to Sch 3 is that it means federal research grants/money can be used now to determine what the actual medicinal uses.
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No. It is still a controlled substance. They have merely lowered it's classification rather than DE-classifying it entirely, which is what they should have done.
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