Biden only supported legalized medical marijuana, and to his credit, he did actually start the process to do that. He order rescheduling to schedule 3 which basically legalizes medical marijuana. It should go into effect around December as the DEA has dragged out the process

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Will this include pardons for the millions of people currently in prison for weed possession?

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Good question. I wonder how that would jibe with Kop-mala.

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IIRC, Biden did this already happened. But most people in prison for weed are imprisoned under state law, not Federal, so he can’t do anything about them.

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Lol, with the Republicans pro-prison platform it’s unlikely they follow this stance. There is no justification to keep alcohol, a known poison, legal and not weed.

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Believe it when it happens, until then it’s just a carrot

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I mean Biden has already started the process for rescheduling weed to schedule 3 for medical legalization. Process is long but it’s at the tail end with the final hearing in December. It’s not too hard to see Harris just using the same process but asking for full descheduling rather than asking them for schedule 3. Or if Dems get a trifecta, she could also try to get congress to legalize directly in law (faster than the executive branch only action)

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If this happens, surely other countries copying American policy will be a good thing for once

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God I fucking hope so. I’m tired of the war on drugs model copied from the US here in Norway. The very least we can do is also copy the solution

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I mean, she’s currently the vice president and supposedly the president and her have the same agenda. So, why don’t they just legalize it right now? Why hold it hostage behind an unsure election? Surely actually legalizing it would gain the votes of anyone who would vote yes because she said she’d do it later.

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I mean, she’s currently the vice president and supposedly the president and her have the same agenda. So, why don’t they just legalize it right now?

Because the power of the president is not absolute.

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They don’t agree on it. Biden only supported legalized medical marijuana, and to his credit, he did actually start the process to do that. He order rescheduling to schedule 3 which basically legalizes medical marijuana. It should go into effect around December as the DEA has dragged out the process. It’s not instant executive order to reschedule. The law lays out a rather long process, but we’re nearly at the end of it at this point

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