• usernamesAreTrickyOP
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      Decriminalization is not the same as legalization. In terms of legalization, he only supported legalization for medical marijuana which is the process he started. He actually pledged to move it to schedule 2 but has started the process to move it to schedule 3. That process is getting closer for what it’s worth. The DEA has really dragged it out but it’s nearly at the end with the public hearing in December

      From the source that politico links to

      he will support the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes

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      reschedule cannabis as a schedule II drug so researchers can study its positive and negative impacts.


      Copying my comment from elsewhere

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        The DEA has really dragged it out

        Color me surprised. It’s not like they’ve made millions by confiscating people’s possessions in the name of “the drug war”. Oh wait, that’s exactly what they’ve been doing since they were established. Seriously, fuck the DEA.

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        Yea it’s still full of “is going to” and “process getting closer” stuff. He had 4 full years and didn’t do anything until halfway through his last year specifically so the next election cycle could continue to have a carrot to dangle. That was 3 more years of people having their lives permanently ruined.

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      2 months ago

      You should learn how the drug schedule system works. The president can’t just snap his fingers and make it legal.

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        2 months ago

        They’re immune from persecution for official acts, though

        Demand it be rescheduled, send the military to the houses of those responsible, shoot one for every hour it’s not done

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          The president is immune from prosecution for any official acts. There’s nothing that can stop them from being persecuted for them.

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        He could absolutely put out a memo saying “if a DEA agent makes a weed arrest they will be fired” as an officer action. And besides, democrats presidents have been promising to reschedule for coming on 20 years now, the process can’t be 20-years complicated.

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          Actually up until about a decade or so ago it had been Republicans who were promising to reschedule weed. The Democrats had been firmly against it until very very recently.

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        Then why are they even talking about it? They haven’t the power to do anything about it, so stop claiming you will do it.

        Oh wait! Making empty promises fools idiots into voting for them.

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        Hey, we did it up in Canada. It’s 100% viable for the US to do the same. I can’t say for sure the dems will or won’t but it’s not unrealistic for them to follow through.