Democrats Make Last Plea to Biden to Change Marijuana Law Before Trump
Progressive lawmakers are urging President Biden to rewrite marijuana law—and save Americans from prison—while he still has the chance.
Good old "Nothing will fundamentally change" Joe.
They say Biden, I hear complicit.
It's amazing how a being without a spine sat in the White House chair for four years without falling over.
Crime Bill Biden ran out the clock on purpose. He never had any intention to reschedule cannabis.
NONE.
The only meaningful change for this would be via legislation, otherwise trump can just as easily undo it the same day.
Edit: looks like the process is much more complicated and actually Biden already started the process at the beginning of this year (April): https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/update-deas-efforts-reschedule-cannabis-what-you-need-know-2024-09-11/ , I don't understand this article
Edit 2: the letter is actually asking him to try to hurry the process up (the article from September that I linked says there supposed to be hearing scheduled this Monday (Dec 2nd)). It is very misleading (as you can see from the comments), because it implies Biden is just ignoring this issue completely.
https://lee.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_biden_admin_re_marijuana.pdf
He actually started the process to review what it was scheduled as to get it changed in 2022. It like everything else surrounding our government takes forever.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-submits-proposed-regulation-reschedule-marijuana
Trump can just undo it anyway. What's the point. And saying that's not how its done is pointless cause they don't play by the rules.
looks like the process is much more complicated and actually Biden already started the process at the beginning of this year
Right. He waited until it couldn't be completed until after the end of his term. On purpose. He ran out the clock. On purpose.
He never wanted to reschedule cannabis and dragged his feet until he didn't have to.
Y'all still haven't learned that the US president isn't god king, hu? He can't just do shit by fiat.
He was never going to do it and never will.
Do what? Pardon people from state crimes, which he cannot do. Or write legislation making marijuana legal, which he can't do?
The reason charges for drugs are different in every state is because they are state laws, tried by those states.
But then the democrats couldn't dangle it in front of us next election.
We are still working on legalizing abortion with a simple law after 50 years. These things take time.
It doesn’t take time. It takes balls and neither party has em
Biden, smiling as he puts on shades and eats ice cream: "No. Peace, I'm out."
I mean, everyone said he was too old to do the job.
Guessing weed business would boom, and government gain a tonne of tax, which Trump would take credit for.
So no. Can't see him doing it.
Big tax cash cow here in Canada, that's for sure.
Entertainingly only really for the federal government. Of all the provinces only Alberta and PEI have broke even or made anymoney.
Not saying there is not potential tax revenues, just that right now most provinces spend more then they collect for one (corruption) reason or another (needing to be seen being "tough" on drugs).
They're not calling for hi m to legalize it, the letter they wrote is asking him to reschedule it from a schedule 1 drug to a schedule 3 drug. Still can't see him doing it.
Isn't it already ruled he has presidential immunity? Why isn't he doing more? I understand he has some time but like... I hope there's at least a "welcome package" for trump. I have no faith in anything anymore
Yeah. All faith in democrats wanting to do the BAREST MINIMUM to make a difference is flat out gone. Both sides apparently want the poor dead or in prison. Republicans are just gonna make it happen faster.
Its only immune if the supreme court deems it an official act. This court will not give him the same leeway as they will Trump.
The time to do that really would have been before the election... He did reschedule it, but that can be undone day one. I honestly think the fascist voters would credit Trump. I've heard them say "already things are getting better" with no hint of irony.
I worry that they'll just open a can of worms and fuck up our farm bill access.
Democrats, the reason we lost is that we didn’t singularly campaign to Republicans in Detroit. That is the only deciding vote. 20 Republicans in Detroit. In 2028 it is TANTAMOUNT that we knock on 1 Republican door in Pennsylvania and 15 doors in Detroit.
Biden was 6 when Reefer Madness came out. I doubt he understands it in a modern context.
Anything Biden could do, could easily be undone by Trump.
I want the US to take back their production of Hemp
Anything that will be done can be undone. It doesn’t matter if he legalizes it federally, that shits going back to full ban day one
Not entirely sure that a major majority of Republicans are against it.
Dems really somehow let the Republicans become the anti establishment party in less than 20 years after GW, while run an idiot who failed upwards because of inherited wealth...
I kept saying the last three elections were like Brewster's Millions, but as much money as the wealthy throw at both parties, it might be time to question if they're just paying the Dems to lose. And even when they do manage to win, it's at best Joe Biden.
Not even saying the DNC is being paid to take a fall. Just that the donors throwing crazy money at primaries know that the neoliberal doesn't have a chance in the general.
They just don't want anyone that will fix shit getting close to a general election. So they make sure the Dem in the general is one the vast majority of Dem voters hate.
That doesn't much matter when the psychotic theocrats are going to be the ones in the positions of power
I disagree. Ultimately, republicans want 3 things: money, power, and exclusivity. If they can somehow make tons of money off marijuana when no one else can, they would be all for it. Basically they perpetually want Rules for Thee Not for Me.
So maybe they would revert it, but if they could find a way to make it theirs only, they would.
It would have to generate more money than the associated prison sentences generate, and the value of slave labor is about to skyrocket.
If they can somehow make tons of money off marijuana when no one else can, they would be all for it
That's in fact precisely what John "crying orange leather face" Boehner did
Anything that will be done can be undone.
Clearly we should never do anything.
Anything that will be done can be undone
trump cant recharge pardoned people. And he cant recreate purged and deleted records. He also cant retake equipment thats been given to partners on a 4 year lease.
