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11 Democratic senators call on DEA to deschedule marijuana entirely (thehill.com)

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[-] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 72 points 5 months ago

Why are only 11 senators in support of this?

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 61 points 5 months ago

Because the rest are old farts with reefer madness

[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Of the 11 that signed, the average age is 65

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I haven't checked all of their ages, but Bernie and Warren alone probably raise the average by 10 years.

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[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Because the DEA doesn't have the legal authority to do that. Congress laid out the criteria for scheduling drugs in the Controlled Substances Act and any reasonable person would say marijuana meets the criteria for at least schedule 5. Congress needs to do what they did for alcohol and nicotine and pass a law that specifically excludes marijuana.

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[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Elizabeth Warren (Mass.),

John Fetterman (Pa.)

Chuck Schumer (N.Y.)

Cory Booker (N.J.)

Jeff Merkley (Ore.)

Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)

Ron Wyden (Ore.)

John Hickenlooper (Colo.)

Peter Welch (Vt.)

Chris Van Hollen (Md.)

Alex Padilla (Calif.).

Edit: and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

11 Democratic senators, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

He already got left out of the headline

[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

And then I also left him out. Sorry Bernie!

[-] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Surprised to not see Bernie on here

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

He's there.

In a letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, 11 Democratic senators, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), argued the administration “should deschedule marijuana altogether.”

They could have said "12 Senators..."

But went with the option that excluded Bernie since he's not a D.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

What's the over/under on this happening before November?

[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

If election theater motivates this policy and makes this happen then I’m all for it. I wonder what our criminal AG in Texas thinks about all this, considering he’s trying to do the opposite in cities with lax marijuana enforcement.

[-] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 5 months ago

Even if marijuana was descheduled, it would still be illegal due to Texas state law

I think most states in which it is illegal would remain illegal. Many states would probably update their laws in response to the DEA descheduling it.

[-] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 25 points 5 months ago

Many states have laws based on the federal schedule and don’t specifically name any drugs, so there would be some immediate effects.

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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Biden does good thing

Idiots: "He's only doing this to get votes!"

Yeah, no shit sherlock, that's the whole point of the system.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

People play the lottery too.. so

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[-] blazera@kbin.social 20 points 5 months ago

Thats a minority of democratic senators.

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