• @TryingToEscapeTarkov
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    11 year ago

    I was told after so many states made something legal it was made federally legal after that. How far are we from Federally legal?

    • @evidences
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      81 year ago

      Pretty sure this isn’t true but if enough states do something it puts pressure on the federal government to accept it and change laws.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      I’m not sure about that but we are almost halfway there with the states. It’s clear where this direction is headed and the federal government is just dragging its feet to drag its feet.

      • @w2tpmf
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        1 year ago

        They have to hold onto it longer so they can drag out the promise of legalization to win votes during elections.

        Biden promised it during his campaign. I’m sure when he said he’d make it happen he meant in his SECOND term.

        • Chainweasel
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          1 year ago

          He stated a now ongoing process to reschedule it. It’s been reviewed and recommended to be rescheduled.
          He’s not a king, he can’t arbitrarily change or repeal laws without involving the rest of the bureaucracy. What exactly do you think he can do unilaterally? And before you say “Executive order”, That’s not how it works

          • @w2tpmf
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            1 year ago

            MJ being on the schedule 1 list is not a law.

            The Controlled Substance Act, the relevant law, does not specifically name it.

            It specifies substances with no medical use go on the Schedule 1 list.

            The Attorney General under Nixon ordered it to be placed there with no factual relation to it meeting the criteria.

            The President absolutely could sign an order for the AG to retract that order on the basis of it not being a legal order to begin with.