I'm sorry but after seeing how american gradually get into worse and worse drugs, and seeing channel 5's video on people using tranq... yeah I think complete ban on drugs for non medical reasons is the best choice.
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe the concept of drug 'scheduling' was introduced in the Controlled Substances Act under Richard Nixon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_cannabis_laws_in_t... . Reagan had his War on Drugs, which resulted in the imprisonment of an order of magnitude more nonviolent drug offenders: https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs
There was a debate in the early 80s on whether the country should concentrate on treatment or enforcement. Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach.
> Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach
That doesn't seem to clear cut with the recent failed (and now backpedaling) experiments regarding decriminalization and legalization of most drugs.
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#23It's actually wild what the executive can get done in an election year... With the side effect of dangling bait for legislators to take a contrarian, nationally unpopular position.
Election year and not to mention that the President's numbers are in shambles with younger voters. This move feels extremely transparent to me.
My favorite was the cancellation of a ban on menthol cigarettes because it would turn away black voters despite the NAACP ardently encouraging the ban[0].
[0]https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/health/fda-menthol-cigarettes...
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Election year and not to mention that the President's numbers are in shambles with younger voters. This move feels extremely transparent to me.
Well I mean: doing things that people want them to do to get elected. Not the worst problem?
Of course not, that's how democracy works!
My actual issue with this is:
a) it should have been done sooner. Waiting until $election_year to do something popular has severely damaged the growth of cannabis industry
and b) it's another executive branch rule by decree that could be reversed as soon as 6 months from now after election day.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
There was a debate in the early 80s on whether the country should concentrate on treatment or enforcement. Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach.
> Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach That doesn't seem to clear cut with the recent failed (and now backpedaling) experiments regarding decriminalization and legalization of most drugs.
It's more like the stuff that doesn't work is being pushed again.
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#27While it being moved to Schedule ~II~ (Correction: III) rather than removed altogether is a bit disappointing, I'm not gonna miss the forest for the trees on this one: this is a big deal after all this time.
It's moving to schedule III, though the new company it's in really highlights how it should be descheduled instead:
> It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids
Hopefully the first step but not the last.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach That doesn't seem to clear cut with the recent failed (and now backpedaling) experiments regarding decriminalization and legalization of most drugs.
It's more like the stuff that doesn't work is being pushed again.
On it's surface it seems to have worked better than these experiments. Otherwise the experiments would not be getting rolled back...
There's very few if any fans of what played out in Portland, for instance. Overt drug usage exploded and became a much worse problem. The exact opposite of what proponents had hoped.
Some will say "but they didn't do it right" or similar - tired arguments we hear every time pet policies fail.
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#29Finally! Then hopefully the f... UN can do that too. I'm totally shocked that the UN has such a hard and shitty drug policy.
SE Asia/East Asia at least have much harsher attitudes on drugs. US is pretty forgiving to drug users &c.
US is only lenient when compared to even more severe steamrollers of human rights. Executing individuals for drug possession is absolutely unconsciousable and unacceptable. Incarceration being less diabolical does not mean it is not still highly diabolical. Countless lives were and continue to be destroyed.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
The bureaucratic process will take about two years. It's definitely not getting done in time for election.
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> It comes after President Joe Biden called for a review of federal marijuana law in October 2022 and moved to pardon thousands of Americans convicted federally of simple possession of the drug.
Eh, October 2022 to April 2024 is close enough to 2 years out.