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 @ISIDEWITHNewsDaily DiscussionDrug PolicyWhite HouseFederalDepartmentmarijuanaBudgetdrugs•••2wks ago

DEA Will Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug

The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use.

The agency’s move, confirmed to the AP on Tuesday by five people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive regulatory review, clears the last significant regulatory hurdle before the agency’s biggest policy change in more than 50 years can take effect.

The plan would move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids, following a recommendation from the federal Health and Human Services Department. After the public-comment period the agency would publish the final rule.

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 @ThrillingBipartisanVeteran from Utah commented…2wks2W

And we move to step 3.

1. Establish distribution network ("medical purposes only")

2. Ease possession laws in states ("recreational OK")

3. Reclassify on federal level

4. National crisis of "tainted" weed in market

5. Establish federal oversight of product (like liquor/tobacco), funded by taxation of product.

6. Massive federal revenues.

 @OutstandingDirectLibertarianfrom Kansas commented…2wks2W

Disband the DEA. The only thing the DEA is authorized to do under the Constitution.

And the same goes for most of the other ones too.

 @P0l1ticalPlatformCaribouAmerican Solidarityfrom Illinois commented…2wks2W

Doesn't the DEA enforce federal law that regulates interstate commerce? Is that not one of the government's enumerated powers?

 @OptimisticRepresentationPatriotfrom Indiana commented…2wks2W

They don't get off the couch to vote

Just get to the door to hand over the empty mail in ballot to the door-to-door harvester

 @CampaignPhilNo Labelsfrom New Jersey commented…2wks2W

This is a four-D chess move. By classifying Marijuana as safe everyone will stop smoking it. It was cool to smoke weed because it was rebelling against the system. Now the system wants you to be unhealthy, so now the cool thing is to be as healthy as possible.

 @L3ftWingTigerRepublican from Virginia commented…2wks2W

Election Season free gifts have arrived

 @ZestfulParrotLibertarian from Missouri commented…2wks2W

The DEA’s proposal would recognize "the medical uses of cannabis."

A federal medical exemption is not going to win votes. Most states already have that.

A federal medical exemption (depending on specifics), only effects one group-federal employees.

What will be fun to watch is the heads popping off all the security wonks if this comes to pass.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2wks2W

If marijuana is recognized for its medical uses, does this change your opinion on its legality for recreational purposes?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2wks2W

Should the government have the power to classify substances, or should people be allowed to make those decisions for themselves?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2wks2W

Considering that marijuana could be moved to the same category as ketamine and some anabolic steroids, does this change your perception of its safety or potential for abuse?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2wks2W

How do you feel about the idea that a plant could be considered illegal or dangerous by the government?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2wks2W

Do you believe that reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug is a step towards responsible substance management or a slippery slope towards increased drug abuse?

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