5mo ago

Kamala Harris signals she'll go further than Biden on marijuana legalization "we need to legalize it and stop criminalizing this behavior"

www.businessinsider.com Kamala Harris signals she'll go further than Biden on marijuana legalization

Kamala Harris has historically supported marijuana legalization, but had yet to clarify her stance since launching her current campaign.

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5mo ago

Kamala Harris signals she'll go further than Biden on marijuana legalization

www.businessinsider.com /harris-marijuana-legalization-biden-views-election-2024-9

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Biden promised the same thing and then didn’t do shit. They clearly like to dangle this carrot without acting on it so they can continue to leverage it for votes.
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1529/decriminalize-marijuana/
- Decriminalization is not the same as legalization. In terms of legalization, he only supported legalization for medical marijuana which is the process he started. He actually pledged to move it to schedule 2 but has started the process to move it to schedule 3. That process is getting closer for what it's worth. The DEA has really dragged it out but it's nearly at the end with the public hearing in December
  From the source that politico links to
  he will support the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes
  [...]
  reschedule cannabis as a schedule II drug so researchers can study its positive and negative impacts.
  Copying my comment from elsewhere
  
  The DEA has really dragged it out
  Color me surprised. It's not like they've made millions by confiscating people's possessions in the name of "the drug war". Oh wait, that's exactly what they've been doing since they were established. Seriously, fuck the DEA.
  
  Yea it’s still full of “is going to” and “process getting closer” stuff. He had 4 full years and didn’t do anything until halfway through his last year specifically so the next election cycle could continue to have a carrot to dangle. That was 3 more years of people having their lives permanently ruined.
  
  The existing law outlines the complicated process. Biden cannot do it instantly. Here's an overview of the process that's already been done so far
  Now the rule has been proposed so we're at the end of that graph. That's what I mean when I say we're close. Here's the actual rule making procedure to do the rescheduling
  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/29/2024-19370/schedules-of-controlled-substances-rescheduling-of-marijuana
  Additionally, it's worth noting that earlier, dem senate leader was also perusing a legislative path until it was clear they couldn't get the votes. Hence later executive action
  
  Your infographic doesn't mention the DEA at all. I guess Biden was just asking them because he wanted to waste time and run out the clock.
  
  Did you even read the previous comment
- You should learn how the drug schedule system works. The president can't just snap his fingers and make it legal.
  
  They're immune from persecution for official acts, though
  Demand it be rescheduled, send the military to the houses of those responsible, shoot one for every hour it's not done
  
  The president is immune from prosecution for any official acts. There's nothing that can stop them from being persecuted for them.
  
  He could absolutely put out a memo saying “if a DEA agent makes a weed arrest they will be fired” as an officer action. And besides, democrats presidents have been promising to reschedule for coming on 20 years now, the process can’t be 20-years complicated.
  
  Actually up until about a decade or so ago it had been Republicans who were promising to reschedule weed. The Democrats had been firmly against it until very very recently.
  
  Republicans were promising no such thing.
  
  Then why are they even talking about it? They haven't the power to do anything about it, so stop claiming you will do it.
  Oh wait! Making empty promises fools idiots into voting for them.
- Works every time!! I'm 40, I thought legalization was right around the corner 20 years ago.
  
  Hey, we did it up in Canada. It's 100% viable for the US to do the same. I can't say for sure the dems will or won't but it's not unrealistic for them to follow through.

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