Europe Pub (PieFed)Trump signs executive order reclassifying cannabis, opening door to broader weed access
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This doesnāt decriminalize it or change its legal status at all. It literally just recognizes it for medicinal use for research purposes.
it lowers the focus on the drug though. cannabis has become a low priority for police and this will likely contribute to even lower. it could be used as an indication of inevitable decriminalization if congress needs something to pretend to agree about.
itās not changing much but it isnāt without benefits either.
And yet Obama couldnāt even do that even though he campaigned on doing it.
I believe there are serious implications for existing businesses. E.g., I think they can now perform more tax deductions like a normal business.
Didnāt congress just ban fucking hemp?
But his approval ratings are in the shitter. This is the best he can do. Nevermind Epstein, healthcare, foreign oil wars, rampant authoritarianism and all that. Weed is popular. Maybe this will keep them happy.
Most people that want weed have it regardless of whether or not itās legal. This isnāt going to do much for his numbers, if I had to guess. Thereās a little benefit to research, but in the grand scheme of things, āinsignificantly less illegal and still prohibitedā is useless to the average citizen while the economy, the planet, our international relationships, and our ability to feed and shelter ourselves are all on fire. This is so little, so late, itās clearly a thoughtless ploy to suck those approval ratings out from *under *the toilet and back *into *the toilet bowl.
This makes it schedule 3, which basically means a doctor can give it to you without jumping through hoops
Itās definitely going to boost his approval ratingsā¦ Just not enough to matter, I bet
Yeah, but then again, Trump is waging a war on science.
Donāt stop your opponent from making a mistake / furthering your own cause for you if itās a net gain. Itās still a step in the right direction. Itās just clear itās for ratings and nothing else. That man thinks of nothing but himself, this isnāt for you or I.
The beauty of science is its establishment of facts through trial and review. You cannot fake results long term. Unfortunately for us, scientific discipline is presently being ignored. I donāt think this will always be the case; I think it will be the case for a little while yet, until enough tire of it to make a difference. I think thatās finally starting to make an impact. This is an act of desperation, not kindness or progress.
No. They closed the hemp-derived THC loophole. If we suddenly get regular non-hemp THC legalized then itās kind of moot that they have done so.
Sir, Iām gonna have to check your ropes for a secā¦.AHa! Hemp! I knew it! Youāre gonna have to cone with me.