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Marijuana has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with scientific support for its use as a medical treatment, researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration say in documents supporting its reclassification as a Schedule III substance.

Marijuana is currently classified as Schedule I, reserved for the most dangerous controlled substances, including heroin and LSD. In 2022, President Joe Biden asked US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and the attorney general to begin the administrative process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Rachel Levine wrote a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration in August in which she supported the reclassification to Schedule III, a list that includes “drugs with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence” such as ketamine, testosterone and Tylenol with codeine.

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Rescheduling marijuana could open up more avenues for research, allow cannabis businesses to bank more freely and openly, and have firms no longer subject to a 40-year-old tax code that disallows credits and deductions from income generated by sales of Schedule I and II substances.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not expect praise for something that hasn't happened?

Centrists demand credit for non-accomplishments because they prefer to accomplish nothing.

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not expect praise for something that hasn't happened?

Where did I demand Biden be praised?

Centrists demand credit for non-accomplishments because they prefer to accomplish nothing.

When did I demand Biden get credit?

Often on social media the same people who decry one side behaving like authoritarian dictators act like it’s acceptable for their side to behave like gasp authoritarian dictators.

Yes, some people like to give undue credit but you’re just the other side of that coin shitting on any action that is taken.

Instead of engaging in the discussion you resort to snark, assumptions and insults. It’s clear you have nothing to contribute, engaging with you any further would be a waste of my time.

Have a day!

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, some people like to give undue credit but you’re just the other side of that coin shitting on any action that is taken.

I've said that I will be happy to give Biden credit for actual accomplishments. This is not an accomplishment. It could be groundwork for one, or it could be making a show of looking into it and then not following through.

Democrats squandered what remaining benefit of the doubt they had years ago. Until it's an accomplishment, it's a bill of goods as far as I'm concerned.

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is not an accomplishment.

It’s not, it’s what Biden can do. That’s why you still haven’t provided an example or an actual answer to the original question, what else is there for Biden to do?

it could be making a show of looking into it and then not following through.

So you don’t understand how the process works? That’s effectively what you’re saying.

Perhaps you should read up. This is a good explanation from when this was discussed during Obama’s presidency. Do you see anywhere that it says the president can unilaterally legalize or change the schedule of a drug?

There’s a system, it’s part of how that whole checks and balances thing works. Ignorance often leads to anger as you so aptly demonstrate. I honestly wonder if people who comment like you have are being intentional or are unwittingly part of the disinformation machine.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

what else is there for Biden to do?

I don't expect him to do anything. He's a Democrat. I didn't say I expected him to do anything. Your question is based on incorrect assumptions.

Until this is an accomplishment, it's a bill of goods. It's another in an endless series of worthless promises that Democrats never intend for an instant to keep. It's a con.

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your question is based on incorrect assumptions.

No, my question was based on what the person I was responding to said before you jumped in with your inanity. Try to keep up.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No, my question was based on what the person I was responding to said

Then don't expect me to answer on another's behalf. If you'll carefully read my comment, you'll notice that at no point did I say Biden was going to do anything nor that I expected him to.

Just pointed out that he said he'd look into it, and noted the centrist tendency to interpret stated intentions as accomplishments, regardless of how little is actually done.

[–] ShoeboxKiller@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then don't expect me to answer on another's behalf.

Then don’t reply to someone who’s asking a question. Especially when you have nothing to actually contribute to the conversation.

There’s a saying about how it’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

You should have stayed silent because there is certainly no doubt about your foolishness now.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Then don’t reply to someone who’s asking a question.

Don't aggressively ask questions of someone and expect no reply. If you want to interrogate me about another person's opinions, I'm within my rights to point out that you're being unreasonable.

Your attempts to gaslight me into accepting campaign bullshit as accomplished fact have failed.