A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won't come until after the presidential election
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A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration last week set a hearing date to take comment on the proposed historic change in federal drug policy for Dec. 2.

The hearing date means a final decision could well come in the next administration. While it’s possible it could precede the end of President Joe Biden’s term, issuing it before Inauguration Day “would be pretty expedited,” said cannabis lawyer Brian Vicente.

  • Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    Legalising cannabis is a slippery slope towards abolishing the DEA, which would be very detrimental… to the people working at the DEA that is.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      82·
      2 months ago

      Legalising cannabis is a slippery slope towards abolishing the DEA

      Like, I get the rest is a joke, obviously…

      But even outright legalizing cannabis federally wouldn’t mean the DEA ran out of work. It means they run out of easy work.

      There’s an opioid epidemic, fentanyl being put in everything, meth being made all over, cocaine and heroin being smuggled in…

      It’s just the people who do that stuff are actually dangerous and/or actually know what they’re doing.

      Like when you call the cops to report a robbery and they show up 3 days later to fill out a report for your insurance. They could try to solve the crime, but that’s difficult, so they don’t.

      The DEA has lots of important shit they could be doing, it’s just important shit is rarely easy.