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.
All they seem to do is talk, zero intent behind the words.
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.
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.
Motherfucker did this in 2020. Yeah, it’s cool, but as a former president said, fool me once, can’t fool me again
Because they hold things until election years, they also do performative bills that look good, or wait to progress good bills until a bill that hurts the working class comes up so that it'll be more palatable in the short term even though we're getting screwed in the long term.
Isn't "doing this to get more votes" what politicians are supposed to be doing, though? They are supposed to be responsive to people's concerns, so those people prefer them to the other alternatives when it comes time to vote?
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.
If the Democrats wanted to do something for the people, they'd really lean into legalizing cannabis at the federal level.
So when is it time to start talking about all the reparations the US owes to the millions of people it victimized throughout it's (so-called) "War On Drugs" terror campaign?
Illinois codified in law when it legalized cannabis that licenses for product development (the grow houses, dispensaries, maunfacture, etc) was supposed to go to the people most affected by the war on drugs. These communities were 90% Black. There's a new dispensary opening by me, and it's ownership is 100% white male lawyers, and they sell nothing but Cresco Labs products, which is run a buncha rich white dudes.
As a white male, I'll have you know that the war on drugs did affect us more than anyone else!
Also the war on women, the war on Christmas, the war on terrorism, the war on freedom, the US Civil War, Edwin Starr's song "War", Angels and Airwaves' song "The War", the war room scene from Dr. Strangelove, Star Wars the movie, Star Wars the missile defense initiative, and the war on belly fat all disproportionately affect we white males more than any other group. Don't you know how we're the most oppressed?
which is run a buncha rich white dudes.
It's the same damn thing here in South Africa - the politicians are constantly talking about "legalizing" marijuana use for the politically-connected (and mostly white) rich people who have the infrastructure to sell it en masse to foreign countries while still leaving enough legalese in there to allow the pig to wage war on the impoverished black and brown folk who farms the stuff.
Ohio did similarly but with the groups. Anyway since it was a ballot measure and not a constitutional amendment and it’s Ohio that money is probably going to cops instead because our state government is like that
The war on drugs created so many problems across multiple generations and multiple continents. Millions is a very low estimate.
So the Biden campaign is running on abortion and pot. Yeah, I'm OK with that.
Don't forget climate, and democracy.
Importantly, Harris is. This will give her beer positioning to step up if needed this campaign season.
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
Yep typo, I'm leaving it though. I'm sure many Americans would accept being sworn in on Beer instead of the Bible.
It depends on which beer, though. Does swearing an oath over Bud Light mean anything?
It means you have terrible taste.
I'm guessing there was nobody more relevant than Fat Joe after Killer Mike became persona non grata and Snoop favors Trump.
At least nobody else willing to stand next to the DARE cop in the auditorium.
It counts as community service ffs.
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
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
Like I said in another comment.
If she does a bong rip on stage, she's got my vote.
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.
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.
Here come the defenders of the status quo.
So when does Biden legalize it nationwide?
defenders of the status quo
Fuck off with that bs, I'm just showing you the actual steps his admin has taken to move in the right direction. He can't legalize it by himself on a whim
It's in reference to this clip: https://twitter.com/means_tv/status/1172111510761590786
Your link is dead
That's how you know they don't actually care and it is all political games.
What did Killer Mike do now?
Aside from getting arrested after winning two Grammys for Scientists and Engineers, he supported Georgia's Republican govenor and is "anti-woke".
is "anti-woke".
Has he... has he read his own lyrics?
Last I heard is he got arrested at the Grammys for pushing over a security guard?
Ok does snoop favor trump? I thought it was just Kanye. What a bizarre world.
...tf did killer mike do to become persona non grata?
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.
After looking it up, I don't think the Grammy incident should count, but I hear what you're saying. Thanks for your response!
If she hits a gravity bong on stage, fuck it, Harris can take the wheel.
Would take maybe tops 4 hours for them to draft the executive order to make that shit legal overnight. But, cool I guess?
lol this will backfire. Even if they committed to it “after the election” no one will believe it, and trump and co could just be like god empeoreor trump has declared he will legalize weed on day one of his dictatorship and the fucking morons that follow him would actually suddenly be pro legalization
Yeah they dangle this carrot in front of us every 4 years but never do a god damn thing about it.
If it’s legalized at a federal level then we better get a “We did it Joe!” video (like we got after winning the election)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Harris’ main portfolio includes reproductive health care, gun violence and voting rights, but she has consistently amplified criminal justice reform since her years as a district attorney in California.
In his State of the Union Thursday, Biden said that he had directed his “cabinet to review the federal classification of marijuana,” adding that he is also “expunging thousands of convictions for the mere possession, because no one should be jailed for simply using.”
"Friday’s engagement will build on the Vice President’s efforts to uplift the historic actions the Biden-Harris Administration has taken to ensure everyone has access to opportunity, including by making the criminal justice system more just.
While young people identify plenty of issues that are most important to them — including abortion access, the economy and gun violence — cannabis reform is also a significant concern.
The White House announced its major initiatives on the topic, including directing agencies to evaluate rescheduling the drug, just weeks before the 2022 midterm elections.
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.
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