In 2018, Republicans accidentally legalized cannabis. Now 22 AGs want them to undo it

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In 2018, Republicans accidentally legalized cannabis. Now 22 AGs want them to undo it - Lemmy.World

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country — including sometimes from vending machines or online. A letter dated March 20 [https://hempsupporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/attorney-general-farm-bill-letter.pdf] addresses the consequences of Republican lawmakers’ choice to legalize hemp production in the 2018 omnibus Farm Bill — a decision that perhaps inadvertently led to a multibillion-dollar market [https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/news/how-big-is-us-market-for-delta-8-thc-and-hemp-derived-cannabinoids/] in intoxicating cannabis products that are arguably federally legal. Now, the attorneys general want Congress to shutter the market it helped create. In the new Farm Bill, they want the legislature to enshrine in statute the idea that intoxicating cannabis is not federally legal — contrary to what the law currently states.

The best thing we can do is deschedule and regulate it.

But Biden doesn’t want the easy win he promised 4 years ago.

And this is one thing he can actually do on his own. He just made all federal agencies return to office against their wishes, he can tell the DEA to deschedule.

If Biden says he doesn’t want to use that power, than we need a president who’s willing to do things he’s legally allowed to do. You can’t fight extremists and your own party at the same time. It just results in a slow march to the right, because Republicans won’t even stop at what they’re legally allowed to do.

It’s “bringing a knife to a gun fight” except he’s not even bringing a knife. He’s showing up to an active gun fight and telling the good guys fighting off the extremists that violence is wrong.

In a way that’s right, but the middle of a gun fight isn’t the time to lecture the people defending themselves about pacifism.

he can tell the DEA to deschedule.

No, he can’t. Biden isn’t emperor, and the DEA is an independent agency. Presidents don’t just get to tell the DEA what to do. You clearly don’t understand how our government works. What he can do is have the Dept. of Health and Human Services order a review of marijuana’s scheduling, which he has done.

Now, the FDA has already recommended changing the scheduling, and the DEA is currently considering it, so the process is actually underway.

forbes.com/…/dea-considers-rescheduling-cannabis-…

DEA Considers Rescheduling Cannabis: What This Means For U.S. And Global Policy

The DEA has confirmed its review into the rescheduling of cannabis. Speculation is rife around whether the U.S. is finally heading for an "unprecedented" federal shift—and how politics will come into play.

Forbes

Presidents don’t just get to tell the DEA what to do.

Explain how Biden ordered every federal agency to return to office.

He started out asking

washingtonpost.com/…/baa2e8aa-88f2-43db-9f1f-0155…

Then ordered them to return

bloomberg.com/…/white-house-tasks-cabinet-heads-w…

Non paywalled article

axios.com/…/zients-biden-cabinet-return-to-office

Maybe you don’t have federal experience, but agencies have to do what the president tells them to do.

It’s the whole “chain of command” thing…

Read the Biden administration's return-to-work memo for federal employees

Washington Post

I’m very sorry you can’t tell the difference between a president telling people to get to work and telling them what decision to reach.

I suggest you look up the word “nuance” while you’re trying to cherry pick your way around the facts of the matter, btw

What?

I’m very sorry you can’t tell the difference between a president telling people to get to work and telling them what decision to reach.

Return to office was a decision, agencies wanted to continue telework, and Biden told them that didn’t matter they had to return to office anyways…

Actually, I remember your name.

I’ve spent a decent amount of time attempting to help you understand things.

It’s never worked, and I see no reason to believe it ever will.

Have a nice life.

Thanks for explaining how ordering federal employees back to the office has nothing to do with making a decision regarding the scheduling of marijuana, and how telling people to get back to the office is a totally different order than telling the DEA how to reach a decision.

And, as I recall, your stubborn attempts to refuse all efforts at good reason often end similarly as this one has— poorly for you.

U/givesomefucks and u/verdantbanana are two “users” that I believe are LLMs or bad faith actors. They’re contrarian and always try to insert how bad Biden is in any conversation. We could be talking about crafting teapots and they’ll find a way to insert Bad Biden into the conversation, usually masqueraded as a criticism of both Biden and Trump.
Nonsense. People aren’t arguing with AIs over Lemmy. There are plenty of people on the left who act like Biden is the worst president in U.S. history. Because American politics is all about hyperbole over rationality.

That’s exactly what an AI would say…

Good morning Flying Squid!

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Good morning!

Verdantbanana is definitely a bad faith actor.