Slightly higher times: Biden administration moves to loosen weed restrictions
Slightly higher times: Biden administration moves to loosen weed restrictions
The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president.
The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising that it should be entirely removed from the Controlled Substances Act.
The health agency wants the drug moved from Schedule I to Schedule III under the CSA, potentially the biggest change in federal drug policy in decades.
HHS Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine wrote in a Tuesday letter to the DEA, first reported by Bloomberg News, that the recommendation was based on a review conducted by the Food and Drug Administration.
Is this the thread where we remind everyone that Biden promised to deschedule cannabis and expunge cannabis related criminal records if elected?
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executive branchpresident doesn't have the authority to unilaterally deschedule it. I'm no Biden fan, but this is him working toward that promise. I do wish his moves were less political in nature, but maybe we can get a more unhinged dark Brandon if he gets reelected.Edited for clarity.
I’ll believe it when I see it. The DEA ultimately gets to make the call. A change like this would probably mean they’d lose some funding, so I bet they’ll be against it. They’d also have to come up with new and creative ways to “legally” harass and incarcerate black people, though I imagine that might be a tempting prospect for them…
“legally” harass and incarcerate black people
They are working on the with funding cop cities everywhere
I'm glad they are finally doing something about climate anxiety.
Here I was worried about the collapse of the jet steam and this nice distraction came along.
It'll definitely help the anxiety part, but probably not the climate part unless it creates a bunch more hippies who actually want to do something about it.
Legalize it completely, you pussy. I swear... This guy sucks so hard. I voted for him, but what a waste to have him running in the first place as the democratic candidate.
He is objectively the most left pres we've had in decades. Big sweeping changes don't happen overnight. This is a step in the right direction. Get some perspective.
Also it means medical marijuana would be legal like other class 3 drugs
He had some of his white house staff fired over weed use, we're lucky someone finally talked some sense into him over cannabis reform.
"Someone" = internal pollsters who showed him that this would make him a lot more popular.
You know he has no authority to do that right? It takes a bill from Congress, which for some reason will not touch the issue. He's not a dictator, he can't wave a magical wand and declare it legal. The president (little p, it goes for any of them) gets too much blame (and credit) for these things. Like when everyone blamed him for gas prices like he goes to each gas station and sets the price...
So, you think voting for a Republican or not voting would get the job done to legalize marijuana? Lol.
Also, these things require congressional approval. And guess what...yup...Republicans are blocking.
So, you think voting for a Republican or not voting would get the job done to legalize marijuana? Lol.
Also, these things require congressional approval. And guess what...yup... Republicans are blocking.
Didn't we already do this song and dance a year or two back? None of this means anything if you won't take it off the controlled substance list.