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Trump is literally to the left of Joe Biden on drugs, lol lmao

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah sure okay. Wake me up when it actually happens.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If anyone was actually going to do it, it would be trump.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh yeah it's certainly possible that he actually will, but on the other hand he just kind of says shit sometimes to see how people will react. Anyway as a general rule I don't pay attention to what politicians promise, only to what they actually do.

[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I think it's that he's willing to do just about anything right now to divert attention from the Epstein stuff, but hey, a win's a win.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 43 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I will take the W. But it's just silly how Biden had 4 years to do this at any point he wanted and Trump does it 8 months in to take heat of his pedophilia.

[–] dastanktal@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago

Think if we make enough noise about Epstein we can make him give us recreational weed federally too?

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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shit. If he does that the dems will fight to undo this

[–] tricerotops@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

the one thing they'll actually follow through on

[–] GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is what Justin Trudeau did in Canada to distract from the other broken promises he made. Seems like something was learned about this being a good distraction.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's really no downside though. Getting arrested for a plant that's legal on the other side of an imaginary line is ridiculous and it ruins people's lives and families.

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[–] Monstertruckenjoyer@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well he's got a new route figured out for arresting minorities ala ice and it's a lot of fucking money left on the table with weed

Legitimately just makes sense, even from an evil perspective. The only ones that wouldn't change it are status quo suckoffers

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He's setting the cops loose to beat the crap out of everyone but at least they won't be able to use smelling like Joe Rogan's recording studio as a justification.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Ain't gonna happen.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would be nice though, oh also expunge felony convictions for marijuana offenses.

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[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I think Biden spoke of this the same way. I wouldn’t give Trump any credit here at all because saying something doesn’t mean anything is happening

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah we'll see if it happens, but I will say I can see him doing it.

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

People thought the same about Biden to lock in the vote last year but they didn’t. Maybe this will move faster because there isn’t a strong FDA or CDC to stop them from reclassification, only DEA and police unions would whine.

This just comes across as jingly keys

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[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They'll do it once they can find a way to make it only apply to middle-class conservative white guys.

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

the reason they haven't done it is the enforcement already works that way

definitely NOT related to the epstein story, which totally isn't important and didn't happen

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"At least no one will be talking about my connection to Epstein when they're too stoned to care." trump-feed

"Hey guys, remember when Trump gave us legal weed, and it didn't stop us talking about the Epstein files while we were high as a kite?" classic

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's doing for the California 40 something washed up stoner male podcaster crowd who believe free energy was stored in the library of alexandria.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the logical conclusion of rome weebs is looking at libraries asfree-real-estatefree energy harnesseable by combustion

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Now you see its EGYPTIAN so they made the pyramids which are electromagnetic nodal points and underneath are nephilim, so they clearly put the plans to make free energy into that library and the ~~papist~~ rome destroyed it.

[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Barron gave him a hit from his weed pen

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Slonkin' it" folks, can you believe it? That's what the kids are calling it, Barron, my beautiful boy, he let's me hit his vape and wow, all I can say is wow, I'm high as a kite, like, frankly, no one has ever seen! trump-anguish

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

trump-anguish I'm putting a McDonald's in the White House too

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too bad he's brand loyal to the garbage he eats, White Castle would be more appropriate.

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[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago

If this isn't an obvious attempt at divert away from epstein, I don't know what is anymore.

[–] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If Trump gives us legal weed I'm gonna laugh so fucking hard

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't he say this either before or during his last term?

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

sure why not? works every time

neon-fell-for-it-evangelion

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think it is TDS to say he is doing this to try to distract from the files stuff. It just seems so out of character for him to care enough about it

[–] shane@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that it has basically worked?

I don't follow mainstream news much, but Trump's ability to suck all the air out of the room by doing crazy shit seems to have eliminated the 80% of my posts on Lemmy that were about Epstein. 🤔

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 1 points 15 hours ago
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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

anakin-padme-2 to a lower schedule right?

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's already classed as high as it can be classed currently.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

...to worse than heroin and space coke combined.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

closing the hemp/thc-a loophole keeps getting delayed. it's like two speeding trains coming at each other.

might just end up seeing the mail delivery hemp companies absorbed into some larger structure, likely with the huge megacorps that deal with dispensaries.

[–] Monstertruckenjoyer@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Costco for weed Costco for weed Costco for weed

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here in Michigan we just call it Lume

[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Michigan has the best dispensaries in the country, Cali Apple stores don’t have shit on Urb

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[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Kirkland rebranded Cookies

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