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Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug
- DANmode 10mo agoAny lever besides the Epstein Files.
- Bender 10mo agoIn that case I think he should retroactively pardon all non violent drug offenders, release them from prison, give them a t-shirt that says "Trump Freed Me", a couple cheeseburgers and take group photos.
- ursAxZA 10mo agoIf it’s prescribed by medical professionals, that seems reasonable. At least then effectiveness and risks can be observed in practice, rather than debated abstractly.
- cluckindan 10mo agoNow if they just prescribed LSD, which is already a Schedule III drug.
- laughing_man 10mo agoThe situation we had was legally ridiculous. States stopped busting people for pot, but at the federal level you could get a year in prison for any amount. So prosecutors at every level could put more pressure for a plea bargain on you by threatening to turn you over to the feds for the joint they found. What bothers me is marijuana is specifically listed as a schedule 1 substance in the Controlled Substances Act. I don't see how the president can just arbitrarily change that in an EO. It really should be an act of Congress that makes this happen.
- delichon 10mo agoThe Act doesn't freeze the listings in place, it says that the Attorney General or the DEA can follow a process to change a listing. The executive order directs that "the Attorney General shall take all necessary steps to complete the rulemaking process… in accordance with Federal law, including 21 U.S.C. 811.”
- mhb 10mo agoA "hack" he could use would be for him to say that he would pardon anyone prosecuted under that law.
- laughing_man 10mo agoSince DoJ works for him he can just direct them not to prosecute at all. But I would like to see something that can't do a 180 with a new president.
- ChrisArchitect 10mo agoEarlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46317188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46317188