WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.
The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law. But it does change the way it’s regulated, shifting licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I — reserved for drugs without medical use and with high potential for abuse — to the less strictly regulated Schedule III. It also gives licensed medical marijuana operators a major tax break and eases some barriers to researching cannabis.
I’m as shocked as you are when Donald does something positive.
But this is undeniably a good thing, and it’s one of the few moments we’ll get when this demented, self-indulged, limpdick piece of shit actually offers a sliver of good governance.
don’t give him credit for this one; he’s trying to shore up his bases support because the iranians intend to maximize the fallout agains him and the republicans.
I think the hint is in the last sentence RE Tax breaks…
And a host of other things from which he wants a distraction.
The way that Americans regard the Epstein files as little more than another celebrity sex scandal instead of the global scale sociatal manipulation by mossad that it actually is makes me think that distractions aren’t necessary anymore.
You got it.
I am not. More good people need to understand that Donald isn’t some secret enigma, he can be manipulated by anyone. Manipulate him to get good things. Joe Rogan might suck, but he just got Trump to legalize Ibogaine.
When the right thing is done for all the wrong reasons. I agree, though. Too many people seek relief from an unregulated product, adulterated with G-d only knows what, and hopefully it can be delivered without having to inhale carbon monoxide or high temperature, if the person desires it.
I’d really like to see it regulated and licensed for rec, so neighbors wouldn’t have to rely on unscrupulous growers, dealers, and middle men, so I guess we’ll see how long that process takes.
I don’t get why this isn’t on the front page of Lemmy. 25% of the workforce now qualifies for about 30% of the nation’s best jobs. It is now inevitable that marijuana users will be afforded the same protections as amphetamine, xanex, and opioid users.
Trump just did more for me than a decade worth of Democrats; one of the reasons I voted for them was because they were the “pro-legalisation party.”. If Republicans didn’t do this, the Democrats would have milked the issue indefinitely. Between this and the overtime tax breaks, I’m feeling more inclined to change my political affiliations.
Partisans of either color will never acknowledge forward movement when it originates from the other side. Their public hatred of each other is part of the pageant that passes for a political system in our country.
But considering how many millions of lives have been sold to the private prison system over a harmless plant, I’m inclined to agree with you in that this is a massively positive development and I’m glad it happened, even if I’m certain it only happened because of Donald’s dementia and need for a distraction.