• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    If the Democrats wanted to do something for the people, they’d really lean into legalizing cannabis at the federal level.

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      7 months ago

      We need workers rights more than legal weed, but you’ll notice the Democrats never talk about that.

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        Sure they do! They talked about how if rail workers were allowed to strike, the entire economy would instantly collapse forever.

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          If rail workers are so critical to the global economy, how about we may them their worth and give them the benefits they need. Weird right?

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    I’m guessing there was nobody more relevant than Fat Joe after Killer Mike became persona non grata and Snoop favors Trump.

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        Grammy arrest and supported a Republican govenor, so in the current game of politics it would be foolish to associate with him.

        Kamala would do more to bridge to divide with Killer Mike and bring in black voters, but she has to play it safe for the base.

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          After looking it up, I don’t think the Grammy incident should count, but I hear what you’re saying. Thanks for your response!

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      7 months ago

      I mean it’s better than nothing. It’s always funny to me how they start doing everything during an election year when they could have done this 3 years ago.

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        In May 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration approved licensed facilities to grow cannabis for the purpose of medical research for the first time since 1968. Prior to this, the University of Mississippi was the only institution in the United States legally permitted to grow the plant for that use. Previously, in 2016, an application process was put in place for research growers, but no applications were later approved under the Trump administration.

        In October 2022, President Biden announced a mass pardon for past federal cannabis possession convictions, encouraged governors to do the same for state cannabis possession convictions, and instructed Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to review the classification schedule of marijuana, which could result in removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

        On December 2, 2022, Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act.

        Also: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahsinclair/2024/01/18/dea-considers-rescheduling-cannabis-what-this-means-for-us-and-global-reform/

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        Eh, that was kind of overblown.

        She had more prosecutions than the prior DA, but most weren’t jail time, it was just get caught pay a fine.

        And it makes sense when that became a thing, people were riskier with it and got caught more.

        She’s been pro legalization for almost a decade.

        They’re not doing enough right now, but it’s not like she was some hardcore soldier in the drug war.

        Biden on the other hand…

        https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/3266

        https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/30/joe-biden/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-mass-incarceration/

        He was behind a lot of the early 90s police bullshit that we’re still dealing with today.

        What’s fucked up is it coincided with the same drop in violent crime from banning leaded gas that every country saw. So some people still think that backwards ass shit works Plus, they were usually alive for decades before the ban and exposed to all that lead for decades…

        Shit fucks with your brain, especially as you age

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        Importantly, Harris is. This will give her beer positioning to step up if needed this campaign season.

        I know it’s a typo, but I can see Brett Kavanaugh swearing her in on a stack of kegs

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    Convenient timing given everything else going on. You know they’re really scrambling to get the youth vote when they start talking about nationwide marijuana legalization.

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        The DEA is currently investigating rescheduling marijuana which was prompted by Biden’s HHS doing the preliminary lab work to present to them.

        Then Biden has pardoned everyone who was charged federally for possession of marijuana.

        And then he urged states to consider doing the same. Just this week, Massachusetts followed through with that.

        Obviously he’s doing this to get more voters, but there’s real progress happening and it’s not a reaction to anything recent. This was all indicated during his campaigning.

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          Yeah, like, what do people expect? Of course they’ll do good things to get re-elected. That’s literally how this works! I don’t get the people who argue “it’s just for getting votes”. Yes, that’s how it works.

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            People want leaders who give a damn about them not lying charlatans who use them. It isn’t that hard to understand.

            Cynics like you are the reason we keep electing neoliberal trash who fuck workers over. All you do is make excuses for them.

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            Motherfucker did this in 2020. Yeah, it’s cool, but as a former president said, fool me once, can’t fool me again

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    The grid-locked Congress could also make some progress on cannabis reform this year, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer telling reporters last week that the bipartisan SAFER Banking Act — a bill that would expand access to traditional banking and financial institutions for legal cannabis businesses — could get a vote on the floor before the November election.

    If Biden declassified it, then there’d be no restrictions on banking…

    If a state doesn’t specifically have a law making it illegal, declassifying federal would make it defacto legal.

    It’s honestly that simple, and declassifying it was his compromise four years ago when voters wanted legalization.

    He’s spent four years looking into it…

    And now he’s promising again to look into it

    Just take the easy common sense win that does zero harm. He keeps fucking up these easy issues.

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        For real. They haven’t actually done shit yet. All these shills posting articles about Biden ordering the rescheduling prices to begin doesn’t mean shit. It’s literally the bare minimum he can do.

        The DEA will keep it illegal and Biden won’t do shit to retaliate, he’ll say his hands are tied and the Democrat trash here will actually defend him for it.

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      He wants to wait for election season so voters “remember it.” It’s a fairly common tactic in politics.

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        He’s already working on it. He’s asked HHS to reevaluate it and they have, affirming that it should be reclassified. It now rests with the DEA

        https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/12/health/marijuana-rescheduling-fda-review/index.html

        The president can’t just unilaterally reschedule a drug. He’s got to work within the framework of the controlled substances act, which he’s been doing and is now on the last step to reclassification.

        ETA: it also seems you didn’t read the article where it specifically states that Biden ordered the process to reschedule to begin?

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          If he actually wanted to legalize he’d fire the heads of these agencies and replace them with people who are supportive. Guess what, he’s not doing that. The best we’ll get schedule 3 which is still illegal.

          Biden doesn’t give a flying fuck about legalizing weed and never has. No amount of neolib gaslighting bullshit is going to change that. Always funny how Republican presidents do whatever the fuck they want but the second anyone talks about progressive policy our hands are tied. Not to mention Biden is illegally giving weapons to Israel.

          Neolibs will always argue “the president can’t do that” when it comes to progressive policy. Then they won’t even pressure him to use the bully pulpit which is the president’s greatest power. You’ve all been convinced that nothing can ever be done for you, and it’s a blatant fucking lie.

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        Unfortunately for him lots of voters can remember the same promise from four years ago.

        He may think waiting four years is a good plan, but some voters are going to wonder if four years from now he’ll be bothered to fufil any of this campaigns promises

        Especially if it’s gets to election day and he’s still just “looking into it”.

        Voters remember shit, and waiting till the last minute often doesn’t work out.

        It’s much easier to just do what you can. There’s a palpable hesitancy with Biden, really anyone in their 70s or older. We don’t need someone we have a possible chance of getting to do the right thing, we need someone that wants to try as hard as they can to do the right thing

        08 Obama happened, and it’s literally me the DNC wants to erase from history how well a young person can do with a progressive campaign and it’s not just because they have the physical energy to actually be on the campaign trail.

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            final decision rests with the DEA

            Lol…

            Biden just managed to get every single federal agency to return to office…

            It’s been insane when all you people who have never worked a day in the federal government think Biden has no control over agencies but still fearmonger that trump would be in charge of them all if he wins.

            The president has as much power over agencies as he wants to.

            Biden could order the DEA to reschedule today, or he could spend four years asking them to look into it.

            That’s the entire fucking point you don’t seem to understand.

            He’s not trying because he doesn’t want it done

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          Unfortunately for him lots of voters can remember the same promise from four years ago.

          From his 2020 campaign website: