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and likely rescheduling

Cannabis is still Schedule I.

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Going to copy paste my comment from elsewhere


He started the process for medical marijuana legalization in 2022 via rescheduling to schedule 3 (Harris had called for full legalization, Biden only called for medical). It’s not as simple as a singular executive order when done without congressional action alone. The existing law makes the process very convoluted to reschedule. Lots of steps inbetween with people that have actively tried to slow it down

The formal rule for it ended up being fully proposed in May 2024, and the DEA has dragged it out and kept delaying it. The DEA managed to push the inital first hearing out until Dec 2nd and there keep being legal challenges from outside groups to push it back further and further


Dems also tried getting it through via legislation which is much faster. Passed in the house but it died in the senate

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617

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So why’d he fuck off until 2022 instead of starting it on Inauguration Day?

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Because legislation was a much faster route so they started there. It took a bit before died in the senate

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Maybe because there was a freaking pandemic to focus on. (Besides that the other guy said they did.)

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Dems also tried getting it through via legislation which is much faster. Passed in the house but it died in the senate

Gee. How could that have happened in the Senate that Democrats controlled at the time?

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The filibuster, which Biden did try to push for removal in certain areas. Joe Manchin and Sinema wouldn’t budge on it

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Hello Mr Crab! That’s why I said likely! He told whatever agency to look at it and iirc they announced plans to reschedule it.

I also see someone else has given you a whole bunch of information on it.

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Cannabis is still Schedule I.

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And that’s why I said likely! Are we on repeat?

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