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Kamala Harris Calls For Marijuana To Be Rescheduled 'As Quickly As Possible'
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If democrats can't get this done ahead of the election it will be criminally negligent
They've had 4 years, it's already negligent
Donald Trump came into office and had both Houses.
Never even mentioned weed, unless it was to talk about how users should be executed.
But I'm sure he'll change next time
Hahaha right. "But I swear guys he'll do the right thing this time!!!1!". Dictator day 1
Who said anything about Trump?
Talking about US politics and not mentioning the GOP is impossible.
At least it is if you can't defend Democrats' deliberate uselessness.
What makes you think there's a giant majority of the country begging for a hard Left party?
Every poll I've seen puts 'Socialists' at about 6% of the population.
Do you have better data?
Well, about this particular issue, 70% of the US wants what neither conservative party is willing to ever do.
The title of the article is that the current, Democratic Vice President is calling for it to be rescheduled.
Biden pardoned all pot smokers back in 2022.
You tried to move the goal posts and failed.
And apparently you agree that less than 10% of the population is 'Socialist.'
Fruitless words are not accomplishments. If we accept the former in lieu of the latter, we will not get the latter. I'm sure that's fine with you.
No, he pardoned the tiny fraction of pot smokers who are convicted in federal court. I'm not faulting him for not pardoning the others, as he cannot pardon state convictions.
I don't care what your made up statistics are, you were trying to divert from the subject at hand.
As I see it, the 'subject at hand' is that it's hard to get all fifty states to agree on something like this.
A lot of voters adamantly oppose any changes, and they have a right to be heard too, even if you don't like it.
I mean, it's still illegal, so they are heard. I have every right to be upset, even if you love the current status quo.
Poll on the issues and policies instead of the labels and you'll get wildly different results
I agree 100% That's one of my biggest beefs with my fellow Progressives. I once got into it with someone. I said the only thing we should be saying is "Tax the rich." He spent hours explaining why we had to educate the workers into Marxism before we could do anything meaningful.
It's too bad we don't vote on issues and polices; we vote on politicians and the Right knows how to find pretty faces who know how to sound good.
It sure seems like it was possible, at least until you showed up.
Who was it who said that Twitter was great because they could tell you all they knew about any subject in 140 characters?
I did.
Or they felt confident that they would get a free win, and delayed it until the election news cycle. It's likely a bit of both.
Both are bad
Does it require Congress, including Republicans, to do it?
Not in all cases. There are different types of legalization.
Rescheduling is probably the better way forward because it would allow for medical use within the healthcare system.
No, the relevant agencies (I think FDA?) control how drugs are scheduled, so essentially it's just a case of that agency making the change. I don't even think the President needs to be involved in that.
If it comes down to pretending it does versus letting up on the racist drug war, Democrats will need congress.
It's not like it's something they want to do, like supporting the genocide every last centrist has always wanted. Don't need congress for that.