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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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Post by kelseyfrog »

mattmaroon wrote: post #557
flawsofar wrote: post #542

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I as a customer an hour ago had a long conversation with a friend I made behind the counter. Some software engineers do partake of the weed. So yeah I’ve met them. Tattoos, piercings? They’re just people. Getting high isn’t a sign of larceny

I didn’t say it was. I just said employee theft is a bigger problem than robbery.

> you can imagine who works at them

You might want to be more careful then. This empty space is a well known rhetorical device used to allude that you're making a negative judgement about people.

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Post by romeros »

starspangled wrote: post #620

The greatest thing about tight, upcoming elections is that governments actually start to do a tiny bit of what people want. Great result.

It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, doesn't it? Why haven't they taken action until now? People aren't children to be appeased by such gestures.

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Post by energybored11 »

enceladus06 wrote: post #624

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While I would like to see the decriminalization of all drugs, I do not think President should act like an emperor and just pass EOs. EO are not meant for this sort of actions. Remember, next president is going to be Trump and he can pass even worse EOs.

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Post by nickff »

aerophilic wrote: post #649

Question: If this change goes into effect, will it effectively open up banking for all the cannabis related/cannabis adjacent companies? Seems like a really smart move to bring them into the financial system.

No, it won’t, as the federal government has repeatedly pressured banks to cut off banking to legal, but ‘undesirable’ industries (as well as cannabis). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point

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Post by jakeogh »

energybored11 wrote: post #653
enceladus06 wrote: post #624

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While I would like to see the decriminalization of all drugs, I do not think President should act like an emperor and just pass EOs. EO are not meant for this sort of actions. Remember, next president is going to be Trump and he can pass even worse EOs.

Executive Orders: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/execu...

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Post by lukan »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #636
10u152 wrote: post #632

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're on an unusual website for someone who does not support any technological development. You're not in favour of caveman technology even? Clubs and fire? Going to be a cold winter.

Well, there are some interesting discussions here (sometimes). I don't believe in echo chambers but about talking with people about ideas. I don't advocate for a complete shunning of technology, but rather a cautious approach towards it, somewhat like the Amish but with Christianity replaced with a reverence for nature. We will never stop using basic tools and fire but there has got to be a better optimum somewhere t…

"We will never stop using basic tools and fire but there has got to be a better optimum somewhere that uses less than all the wasteful stuff we're doing now."

Yeah, better technology.

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Post by phendrenad2 »

nikkwong wrote: post #642

I think most people agree that weed shouldn't be a schedule 1 drug, but I believe that the movement to decriminalize will have unforeseen consequences on our society. Marijuana use leads to cognitive decline and exacerbates psychiatric conditions even in healthy individuals, full stop. The literature on this is clear. Whether the tradeoff is worth it or not (the increased pleasure, for the decrease in cognitive abili…

Can you provide some of your top resources for this argument? I feel like if this were true it would be much more well-known. Maybe you're misreading a paper?

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Post by 10u152 »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #636
10u152 wrote: post #632

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're on an unusual website for someone who does not support any technological development. You're not in favour of caveman technology even? Clubs and fire? Going to be a cold winter.

Well, there are some interesting discussions here (sometimes). I don't believe in echo chambers but about talking with people about ideas. I don't advocate for a complete shunning of technology, but rather a cautious approach towards it, somewhat like the Amish but with Christianity replaced with a reverence for nature. We will never stop using basic tools and fire but there has got to be a better optimum somewhere t…

Interesting outlook. I don't say you're 100% wrong, but getting enough people to make a difference to support you might be difficult. I think 99% of people never stop to question whether they should do anything, just rush headlong into the new consumable/widget.

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Post by Der_Einzige »

salawat wrote: post #637
enceladus06 wrote: post #624

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This should make your blood run cold. Executive Orders were never intended to be the avenue through which novel law was established. The Executive has absorbed so much of what was the purview of the legislative branch it isn't even funny.

You don't even know how deep the rabbit-hole goes:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_veto

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement

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