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Cannabis

SarahD

(1,732 posts) Sat Jan 13, 2024, 12:40 AM Jan 2024

Good news but don't get too excited. [View all]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/12/health/marijuana-rescheduling-fda-review/index.html

A federal scientific review found that cannabis shod be classified less dangerous than its current killer status. Of course, each state can ignore the findings and fill the prisons with pot smokers. Heaven help them if they're trans! The war on drugs persists in the same places we find Jim Crow voter registration laws, xenophobia, death penalty frenzy, and all the other throwback efforts.

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Good news but don't get too excited. [View all] SarahD Jan 2024 OP

Definitely should be reclassified. Is there anyone in prison for smoking pot, nowadays? Silent Type Jan 2024 #1

The feds quit entirely. SarahD Jan 2024 #2

Thanks. I do think 20,000 is way too much from what I've read. But even 300 Silent Type Jan 2024 #3

Back in the 60s it was a lot more fun multigraincracker Jan 2024 #4

Yeah it was a lot more fun for me... GReedDiamond Jan 2024 #7

They say they won't change it until Tree Lady Jan 2024 #5

we in la had a short 8 year break from the worst of this madness. rampartc Jan 2024 #6

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