Fetterman, Warren lead Democrats in urging DEA to ‘swiftly’ take marijuana off Schedule I

Fetterman, Warren lead Democrats in urging DEA to ‘swiftly’ take marijuana off Schedule I

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  1. It’s always such a an urgent issue right around the election cycle, and then nothing ever comes of it

  2. What is the obstacle to removing weed from schedule 1? Is it our rich history and tradition of puritanical government overreach? I cant see any other reason and it certainly would not hurt Bidens reelection chances.

  3. Nixon’s Shafer Commission made the same recommendation in 1972, but he needed a way to target hippies and Black people. Let’s hope they actually do something this time.

  4. If it is determined that the DEA has exclusive authority to add and remove items from the list, What is stopping them to do it?

  6. Agencies should not control what gives payroll, meaning that the DEA profits by keeping drugs illegal; their agents go home with pay due to illegal drugs and the annual budget relies on things staying illegal. Why would they ever be driven to do anything outside of keeping everything illegal?

    Put drug classification under the FDA umbrella. Afterwards the DEA can enforce it.

  7. I can’t even imagine how much in taxes could be brought in if it were legal.

  9. Literally smokin a fatty right now. Know what it’s doing to me?

    Making me laugh at dumb shit, making me enjoy food more, making me enjoy my surroundings more, helping my ADHD-riddled mind to take pause so I can mentally relax a bit and soon (this is the really bad part, be prepared because it’s not pretty)……I’m going to finish recording some music I started recording yesterday.

    Yeah, a **real** fuckin “*horror show”*, that Marijuana. I’ll tell you hwhat. I even bought the weed at a store in my state because I can do that.

    OH NO! THE HORROR!

    *Won’t SOMEONE think of the children (who can’t even walk into any of those stores)?!?!*

  10. Or they could do their jobs as Senators and pass a law to legalize it

  11. We left “swiftly” at a truck stop a few years back. “At the next place to pull over” would be good now.

  13. It’s notable no republicans are mentioned in this article. It’s a little known fact, in the colonies England required farmers to grow a certain amount of hemp (cannabis), the English navy used a bunch of it.

    I don’t believe the argument that cannabis has no medical value.

  14. Ah yes, conservatives labeling weed as the Boogyman yet again. They just don’t want people freeing their minds to think logically and be chill. They want everyone to be in a state of panic.

  15. How much money do law enforcement agencies and the “system” make from cannabis offenses and subsequent legal ramifications?

    Thats probably the main reason.

  16. Let me know if I’m wrong but the DEA it is against this because it would basically be defunding their department. Their concern is that they would need less money and employees and if marijuana was made legal Nationwide. Correct?

    Seems strange to have the DEA be the ones to decide this….

  17. Not gonna happen. Not until all of the boomers in the DEA are gone.

  19. DEA: I was gonna take marijuana off schedule 1… but then I got high!

  20. It’s about fucking time. The benefits of cannabis are needed by millions.

  21. There would be no easier layup for a big bump in the polls for Democrats in the general than pushing federal legalization

  22. But then what will those BP agents in New Mexico do??

  24. One concern that I am not seeing mentioned is that full legalization through rescheduling would mean that *all* service members could consume Marijuana when off duty.

    I used to know a guy in the Air Force who said it would be a shit show with the way they treat alcohol in the military, chronically high servicemen could pose a legitimate security concern.

    I am all for legalization, still, but I do think there needs to be a tempered approach that legally addresses concerns like this in a way that doesn’t shock the system.

  25. Look, I think that weed should be legal nationally, but there are plenty of laws I disagree with. I don’t get too riled up about it. What strikes me as absolutely insane is the Schedule I nature of it.

  27. People don’t know what they’re asking for. They’re going to schedule from I to III, and even it will require a prescription. It’s living in a grey area now and that’s best case really.

  29. I freaking love Fetterman. Just had to show up to say that.

  30. I can’t believe the Biden team didn’t go full 420 for 2024. What a lost opportunity during a very shitty time geo politically.

  31. The Democrats are going to need to finally bust out the “legalize marijuana” card they tease every election. It’s looking rough otherwise.

  32. Lowering the scheduling would actually make it even harder to sell weed legally as I understand it from various articles. 

    Congress needs to legalize weed in a clean bill, and treat it as an agricultural crop.

  34. If only there was someone above the DEA who could order them to do it. Some sort of executive.

  35. What was the deal with delta 8!? Here you can have it, we’re cool now….2 years later…. Jk takesies backsies lol. Thousands of little dictators isn’t better than one.

  36. They should put forward a bill to massively slash the DEA budget if it isn’t rescheduled by a certain date. Watch how motivated the DEA will suddenly become.

  37. I heard from friend who works for a grow they are expecting it to happen in next 90 days

  38. Old assholes are STILL scared of appearing “soft on drugs”. 

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