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fuzzfactor 2y ago
You can only hope people will be lining up to support candidates who will work to overturn more stupid regulations faster.
TexanFeller 2y ago
Why do you think it was delayed until this year, an election year? One reason this is something I’m filing under scummy politicians trying to get votes rather than someone trying to right a horrible decades old wrong.
- datavirtue 2y ago
  Delayed? They have been working on this declassification for years now. It wasn't a secret. All the work to drag the bureaucratic sledge had to be done. Nvm...you are just trolling for another conspiracy until they finally nail Hunter.
- Uehreka 2y ago
  I don’t care at all why they do it. I don’t care if they hate that they’re doing it. If they do the things I want and don’t do the things I don’t want then, well, that’s pretty good. Also of note: Donald Trump could’ve done this to score some coolness points in his re-election year, and he didn’t.
  - krapp 2y ago
    I guess pardoning Kodak Black and Lil' Wayne didn't make him cool enough...
  - TexanFeller 2y ago
    > Donald Trump could’ve done this Let's not bring Trump into this, or anything at all, I certainly wasn't suggesting he's good because the current guy is bad. Personally I find both major party candidates are unacceptable and will vote against both of them third party.
rayiner 2y ago
Definitely a factor in my not voting for Biden again. He campaigned as a moderate and governed (within the constraints of Congress) as a liberal.
- brandonr49 2y ago
  Just a heads up: reclassifying marijuana is the majority position and decidedly moderate in 2024.
  - rayiner 2y ago
    Reclassifying marijuana would make it legal for recreational use, and that only barely a majority position even in 2024: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/03/26/most-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana-for-medical-recreational-use/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/03/26/most-america... (about 57%). More than a quarter of Biden’s own party still opposes such a move. I guess it depends on how you define “moderate.” I’d say it’s something the middle third of the public agrees with. Marijuana isn’t there yet.
    - zelda420 2y ago
      Looking at those stats, only 11% fully oppose. The 57% is for recreation and medical, 32% for only medical. So it seems like your bending the truth for your argument, which doesn't surprise me since you're a lawyer.
      - rayiner 2y ago
        I said that the 57% was for recreational use right in my original comment. I think it’s fair to say that what the weed legalization people really want is legalization for recreational use. And also that people who are only okay with legalizing for medical use are at odds with the weed legalization movement overall. Heck, even I don’t have a problem with marijuana being used as a treatment for glaucoma or a pain killer for cancer patients.
    - cibyr 2y ago
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shrimp_emoji 2y ago
This and https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/health/menthol-cigarettes-ban-biden-fda.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/health/menthol-cigarettes... (no, not a racist Onion article)

You can only hope people will be lining up to support candidates who will work to overturn more stupid regulations faster.

TexanFeller 2y ago

Why do you think it was delayed until this year, an election year? One reason this is something I’m filing under scummy politicians trying to get votes rather than someone trying to right a horrible decades old wrong.

datavirtue 2y ago
Delayed? They have been working on this declassification for years now. It wasn't a secret. All the work to drag the bureaucratic sledge had to be done. Nvm...you are just trolling for another conspiracy until they finally nail Hunter.
Uehreka 2y ago
I don’t care at all why they do it. I don’t care if they hate that they’re doing it. If they do the things I want and don’t do the things I don’t want then, well, that’s pretty good. Also of note: Donald Trump could’ve done this to score some coolness points in his re-election year, and he didn’t.
- krapp 2y ago
  I guess pardoning Kodak Black and Lil' Wayne didn't make him cool enough...
- TexanFeller 2y ago
  > Donald Trump could’ve done this Let's not bring Trump into this, or anything at all, I certainly wasn't suggesting he's good because the current guy is bad. Personally I find both major party candidates are unacceptable and will vote against both of them third party.

rayiner 2y ago

Definitely a factor in my not voting for Biden again. He campaigned as a moderate and governed (within the constraints of Congress) as a liberal.

brandonr49 2y ago
Just a heads up: reclassifying marijuana is the majority position and decidedly moderate in 2024.
- rayiner 2y ago
  Reclassifying marijuana would make it legal for recreational use, and that only barely a majority position even in 2024: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/03/26/most-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana-for-medical-recreational-use/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/03/26/most-america... (about 57%). More than a quarter of Biden’s own party still opposes such a move. I guess it depends on how you define “moderate.” I’d say it’s something the middle third of the public agrees with. Marijuana isn’t there yet.
  - zelda420 2y ago
    Looking at those stats, only 11% fully oppose. The 57% is for recreation and medical, 32% for only medical. So it seems like your bending the truth for your argument, which doesn't surprise me since you're a lawyer.
    - rayiner 2y ago
      I said that the 57% was for recreational use right in my original comment. I think it’s fair to say that what the weed legalization people really want is legalization for recreational use. And also that people who are only okay with legalizing for medical use are at odds with the weed legalization movement overall. Heck, even I don’t have a problem with marijuana being used as a treatment for glaucoma or a pain killer for cancer patients.
  - cibyr 2y ago

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shrimp_emoji 2y ago

This and https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/health/menthol-cigarettes-ban-biden-fda.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/health/menthol-cigarettes... (no, not a racist Onion article)