US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say

Some critics argue the DEA shouldn’t change course on marijuana, saying rescheduling isn’t necessary and could lead to harmful side effects.

I wonder who those fuckheads are and how much of their portfolio is invested in for profit prisons.

The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use.

I am really sorry for those of you who use it recreationally, because it deserves to be legal for you too, but as a medical user in a non-legal state, this is amazing news.

tl;dr: DEA moving cannabis, ketamine, and some other stuff to schedule III; first it goes to OMB for approval, then they have a comment period, then they issue their final ruling.

Better a couple decades late than never, I suppose, but they should really just take it off entirely. Psilocybin too.

Just a reminder that if trump is elected, he will reverse this immediately only because Biden did it.

That's not speculation. That's a godamn fact.

Seriously fuck the fact that Marijuana is still illegal, broken ass racist bullshit system while alcohol is legal and marijuana is not.

If Alcohol isn't scheduled, why is marijuana?

i wish that they would also reschedule lsd and psilocybin to schedule III, but at least some progress is better than no progress

I'm sure all the "stroke of a pen" trolls are going to be here to apologize any second, right?

Disband the DEA

What's the likelihood of this happening before the election?

I know Biden tasked the FDA to investigate reclassifying it, which should be a win, but until the FDA actually finishes the reclassification it won't show in the polls. If the bureaucracy can move fast enough for this to get done before the election, it could mean a decent little bump for Biden.

The reactionaries in the GOP will immediately start trying to prevent this from happening, of course.

I don't smoke, but I don't care what you do to your own bodies as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

The same goes for women's autonomy and assisted suicide. It's your god damn body. As long as you don't hurt anyone else. Who fucking cares.

I'm also in the same boat for AI generated porn. If it doesn't hurt anyone, who cares.

Maybe the drug control agency should clarify that marijuana shouldn't be consumed at beer festivals, to protect the children.

Soooo... reperations for the (so-called) "War On Drugs" when?

I guess this is what you do when you want to win an election, but make it still look close.