Before one of OP’s other posts on this topic was removed as misinformation, I asked under that post what Biden could possibly have done aside from pardoning all federal convictions for possession, requesting the DEA to reschedule marijuana, and introducing a bill for full federal legalization which the Republicans defeated (all three of which happened).
Crickets man. (I actually learned since then that it’s a little more complex – it actually seems like maybe Biden was opposed to the full legalization bill that Schumer was pushing, and there was definitely some level of Democratic opposition in the senate. So maybe that piece of the criticism is legit, IDK, but OP never brought that stuff up to me when I asked what Biden should do.)
That conversation was actually the exact point that I became confident that OP’s just here to shit on Biden and specifically Biden for whatever reason, and any concordance that emerges between what he’s saying and the truth is purely accidental, and he knows it.
(Also, fun fact Matt Gaetz switched sides to join with 2 other House Republicans to vote for weed legalization.)
Honestly I kind of like that the states are going back to having radically different systems. That was the way it was supposed to be – like if you think weed should be legal, or illegal, then try it out, and everyone can watch it in practice and see how it works.
I don’t like that it’s so polarized to only two big centers of gravity and one of them is Naziism but the idea of it being a variety seems like more of the idea of what the US was supposed to be.
States’ rights in this particular case led to marijuana legalization a bunch of places which was pretty far from what the Republicans wanted
And a bunch of Democrats have been fighting for full federal legalization for a few years now. I’m aware there’s a mythology that it’s every Democrat’s fault that 99% of Republicans voted in lock-step against it, which meant that little slivers of Democratic opposition were able to defeat it, but I’m not convinced by that logic
I’m aware that some Republicans use “states’ rights” as a fig leaf for their awful policies but how on Earth are you trying to apply it in that way to this particular issue
That’s because you didn’t read the single sentence I wrote.
States’ rights in this particular case led to marijuana legalization a bunch of places which was pretty far from what the Republicans wanted
I said nationwide. You responded with state level policy.
And a bunch of Democrats have been fighting for full federal legalization for a few years now.
Sure they have.
I’m aware that some Republicans use “states’ rights” as a fig leaf for their awful policies but how on Earth are you trying to apply it in that way to this particular issue
Because Democrats are content to let Republicans curtail rights for good people in red states, as long as they don’t have to worry in blue states.
Because Democrats are content to let Republicans curtail rights for good people in red states, as long as they don’t have to worry in blue states.
Yes, I’m aware of the narrative. I’m saying it doesn’t match reality (in this case – as a general statement about the Democrats of the Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton brand, I fully agree with it + how it’s responsible for a lot of the lack of support for Democrats from the people who’ve been getting screwed).
I don’t really know how to lay out my evidence for my statement other than what I’ve already done… if you’re just planning on repeating the narrative back at me, IDK what to tell you.
This is correct. The HHS recommended rescheduling, and the DEA hasn’t responded to the recommendation. They’re probably concerned it’ll affect their budget having fewer criminals to pursue.
In late 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order directing HHS to review marijuana’s status as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, while giving a recommendation on whether it should be rescheduled. After a roughly year-long review, HHS sent a letter to the DEA in August requesting that they move marijuana to Schedule III.
They had their own review and recommended that Cannabis be moved from Schedule I(Drugs with no medicinal value and a high risk of harm/abuse - heroin,LSD,etc) to Schedule III(Drugs with low risk of harm/abuse and clear medicinal value - cough syrup,Ketamine,etc).
The Controlled Substances Act which established all our current drugs laws states that ONLY the DEA has the power to ultimately change the classification of any controlled substance. If the DEA does not feel inclined to change this, then nothing will happen with the recommendation. Biden can always play political hardball since the head of the agency is an appointed position, but it would still need to be confirmed by the Senate in the end.
I wouldn’t expect to see a drop to schedule III, but I think in the next five or so year we may see it become schedule II. Progress is progress I guess.
Exactly. He could issue an executive order, but if the DEA doesn’t agree before the order expires, it would be far more of devastating to the industry as a whole.
He literally did issue an executive order, in late 2022. The DEA seem to have their thumbs up their arses though.
Edit: It seems likely that I was incorrect here. I was going off of the article linked in the top level comment (https://themarijuanaherald.com/2024/04/a-complete-timeline-of-the-deas-marijuana-scheduling-review-prompted-by-department-of-health-recommendation/ ) which states that Biden did issue an executive order. It appears that the article was wrong, but more than that, I was wrong to assert this so confidently when I had only skim read an article and didn’t follow up on its sources (plus I’m not American, so I should be more mindful of checking things if I’m commenting on US government related stuff.
The DEA seem like a large part of the problem and there may well be more that Biden could be doing to move this along, but I don’t know enough to speculate.
I don’t have a link because it appears that you’re right and I was mistaken. I’ve edited my comment to reflect that, I apologise for speaking so confidently on something that actually, I wasn’t sure of. Thanks for challenging me on it — realising I was wrong has made me feel like a bit of an arse right now, but I’d rather feel that than be blissfully ignorant and spreading misinformation. I appreciate the time you spent to fact check me.
It’s all good. Happens to the best of us. If there were an executive order, I’d like to know about it. They’re temporary proclamations, which are good for buying time to get proper legislation in place. If he had changed the classification with an EO, the dispensaries would invest in the new liberty. If the DEA failed to come though before the EO expired, the dispensaries would be in violation of the law. They’re really only to be used during a crisis when proper legislation is sure to follow.
Schedule III(Drugs with low risk of harm/abuse and clear medicinal value - cough syrup,Ketamine,etc).
The same cough syrup that contains codeine, an opiate and creates a very strong physical addiction? The same that killed Juice WRLD and Pimp C? The one that almost killed Lil Nas and Macklemore?
The fact that marijuana is right now considered as more harmful than this and should be lowered to this kind of level is just fucked up
Tying law enforcement funding to their arrests is just the most idiotic idea and I am shocked at how few Congress folks have been speed trapped if they actually can’t see why
So many children are just learning about politics and don’t yet understand that things normally don’t just happen when a president doesn’t abuse executive orders
No one politician has the power to do anything directly, really. That’s how the US system of government works. It’s fundemantal to how it operates that no one politician can promise to singlehandedly do anything. So, since everyone understands that, they say what they intend to do.
He pushed a recommendation for it to be rescheduled to the DEA like two years ago and they’ve been stonewalling?
Timeline of events since that recommendation was made
Oh so he actually did something? Almost like OP is big fat phoney.
Before one of OP’s other posts on this topic was removed as misinformation, I asked under that post what Biden could possibly have done aside from pardoning all federal convictions for possession, requesting the DEA to reschedule marijuana, and introducing a bill for full federal legalization which the Republicans defeated (all three of which happened).
Crickets man. (I actually learned since then that it’s a little more complex – it actually seems like maybe Biden was opposed to the full legalization bill that Schumer was pushing, and there was definitely some level of Democratic opposition in the senate. So maybe that piece of the criticism is legit, IDK, but OP never brought that stuff up to me when I asked what Biden should do.)
That conversation was actually the exact point that I became confident that OP’s just here to shit on Biden and specifically Biden for whatever reason, and any concordance that emerges between what he’s saying and the truth is purely accidental, and he knows it.
(Also, fun fact Matt Gaetz switched sides to join with 2 other House Republicans to vote for weed legalization.)
It’s too bad that he’s just trying to shit on Biden. I have always been pro legalization.
Honestly I kind of like that the states are going back to having radically different systems. That was the way it was supposed to be – like if you think weed should be legal, or illegal, then try it out, and everyone can watch it in practice and see how it works.
I don’t like that it’s so polarized to only two big centers of gravity and one of them is Naziism but the idea of it being a variety seems like more of the idea of what the US was supposed to be.
States rights: Republicans get what they want and Democrats don’t have to fight for anything nationwide.
? I am confuse
States’ rights in this particular case led to marijuana legalization a bunch of places which was pretty far from what the Republicans wanted
And a bunch of Democrats have been fighting for full federal legalization for a few years now. I’m aware there’s a mythology that it’s every Democrat’s fault that 99% of Republicans voted in lock-step against it, which meant that little slivers of Democratic opposition were able to defeat it, but I’m not convinced by that logic
I’m aware that some Republicans use “states’ rights” as a fig leaf for their awful policies but how on Earth are you trying to apply it in that way to this particular issue
That’s because you didn’t read the single sentence I wrote.
I said nationwide. You responded with state level policy.
Sure they have.
Because Democrats are content to let Republicans curtail rights for good people in red states, as long as they don’t have to worry in blue states.
Yes, I’m aware of the narrative. I’m saying it doesn’t match reality (in this case – as a general statement about the Democrats of the Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton brand, I fully agree with it + how it’s responsible for a lot of the lack of support for Democrats from the people who’ve been getting screwed).
I don’t really know how to lay out my evidence for my statement other than what I’ve already done… if you’re just planning on repeating the narrative back at me, IDK what to tell you.
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This is correct. The HHS recommended rescheduling, and the DEA hasn’t responded to the recommendation. They’re probably concerned it’ll affect their budget having fewer criminals to pursue.
This is the relevant bit from the article:
They had their own review and recommended that Cannabis be moved from Schedule I(Drugs with no medicinal value and a high risk of harm/abuse - heroin,LSD,etc) to Schedule III(Drugs with low risk of harm/abuse and clear medicinal value - cough syrup,Ketamine,etc).
The Controlled Substances Act which established all our current drugs laws states that ONLY the DEA has the power to ultimately change the classification of any controlled substance. If the DEA does not feel inclined to change this, then nothing will happen with the recommendation. Biden can always play political hardball since the head of the agency is an appointed position, but it would still need to be confirmed by the Senate in the end.
I wouldn’t expect to see a drop to schedule III, but I think in the next five or so year we may see it become schedule II. Progress is progress I guess.
Exactly. He could issue an executive order, but if the DEA doesn’t agree before the order expires, it would be far more of devastating to the industry as a whole.
He literally did issue an executive order, in late 2022.The DEA seem to have their thumbs up their arses though.Edit: It seems likely that I was incorrect here. I was going off of the article linked in the top level comment (https://themarijuanaherald.com/2024/04/a-complete-timeline-of-the-deas-marijuana-scheduling-review-prompted-by-department-of-health-recommendation/ ) which states that Biden did issue an executive order. It appears that the article was wrong, but more than that, I was wrong to assert this so confidently when I had only skim read an article and didn’t follow up on its sources (plus I’m not American, so I should be more mindful of checking things if I’m commenting on US government related stuff.
The DEA seem like a large part of the problem and there may well be more that Biden could be doing to move this along, but I don’t know enough to speculate.
I only see a presidential proclamation on justice.gov and a statement on whitehouse.gov. Do you have a link to the executive order?
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/presidential-proclamation-marijuana-possession
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/06/statement-from-president-biden-on-marijuana-reform/
I don’t have a link because it appears that you’re right and I was mistaken. I’ve edited my comment to reflect that, I apologise for speaking so confidently on something that actually, I wasn’t sure of. Thanks for challenging me on it — realising I was wrong has made me feel like a bit of an arse right now, but I’d rather feel that than be blissfully ignorant and spreading misinformation. I appreciate the time you spent to fact check me.
It’s all good. Happens to the best of us. If there were an executive order, I’d like to know about it. They’re temporary proclamations, which are good for buying time to get proper legislation in place. If he had changed the classification with an EO, the dispensaries would invest in the new liberty. If the DEA failed to come though before the EO expired, the dispensaries would be in violation of the law. They’re really only to be used during a crisis when proper legislation is sure to follow.
The same cough syrup that contains codeine, an opiate and creates a very strong physical addiction? The same that killed Juice WRLD and Pimp C? The one that almost killed Lil Nas and Macklemore?
The fact that marijuana is right now considered as more harmful than this and should be lowered to this kind of level is just fucked up
Adderall is schedule 2
You’re right, I edited that bit to replace it with Ketamine!
Tying law enforcement funding to their arrests is just the most idiotic idea and I am shocked at how few Congress folks have been speed trapped if they actually can’t see why
Plus, the potheads are probably easier to catch.
Exactly, was looking for this exact comment,
So many children are just learning about politics and don’t yet understand that things normally don’t just happen when a president doesn’t abuse executive orders
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Then why is one of his campaign promises written as: “As president he will decriminalize cannabis…”
Is his campaign promising things he doesn’t have the power to do?
No one politician has the power to do anything directly, really. That’s how the US system of government works. It’s fundemantal to how it operates that no one politician can promise to singlehandedly do anything. So, since everyone understands that, they say what they intend to do.