Why do you think it was delayed until this year, an election year? One reason this is something I’m filing under scummy politicians trying to get votes rather than someone trying to right a horrible decades old wrong.
I don’t care at all why they do it. I don’t care if they hate that they’re doing it. If they do the things I want and don’t do the things I don’t want then, well, that’s pretty good.
Also of note: Donald Trump could’ve done this to score some coolness points in his re-election year, and he didn’t.
Let's not bring Trump into this, or anything at all, I certainly wasn't suggesting he's good because the current guy is bad. Personally I find both major party candidates are unacceptable and will vote against both of them third party.
Delayed? They have been working on this declassification for years now. It wasn't a secret. All the work to drag the bureaucratic sledge had to be done.
Nvm...you are just trolling for another conspiracy until they finally nail Hunter.
Reclassifying marijuana would make it legal for recreational use, and that only barely a majority position even in 2024: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/03/26/most-america... (about 57%). More than a quarter of Biden’s own party still opposes such a move.
I guess it depends on how you define “moderate.” I’d say it’s something the middle third of the public agrees with. Marijuana isn’t there yet.
Looking at those stats, only 11% fully oppose. The 57% is for recreation and medical, 32% for only medical. So it seems like your bending the truth for your argument, which doesn't surprise me since you're a lawyer.
I said that the 57% was for recreational use right in my original comment. I think it’s fair to say that what the weed legalization people really want is legalization for recreational use. And also that people who are only okay with legalizing for medical use are at odds with the weed legalization movement overall. Heck, even I don’t have a problem with marijuana being used as a treatment for glaucoma or a pain killer for cancer patients.
Schedule 3 is the same as ketamine, hardly "legal for recreational use". Rescheduling marijuana is a milquetoast moderate move far short of legalization.
My dude, liberals are moderates. The only way you can think otherwise is if you're so far to the right that you've lost perspective. Biden is a typical center-right moderate liberal which is exactly what most Democrats are.
Democrats are only “center right” if you focus on economic issues, which isn’t actually where they spend their political capital. Democrats are to the left of the French when it comes to issues like abortion, race relations, immigration, rioting, and similar social order issues. Case in point: marijuana is still illegal in France, even for medical use.
U.S. Democrats are in fact radical about these issues, insofar as they see them as matters of fundamental morality that are outside the political process altogether. In virtually all of Europe, for example, it is well accepted that abortion is a type of social regulation that can be put to a vote just like any other type of social regulation. But U.S. Democrats denounce putting abortion to a vote as a “far right” position.
These two comments are a perfect summary of why I stopped debating politics online with anyone.
A good 50% of the online crowd, on both sides (left/right) are *absolutely delusional* when it comes to political perception.
On the right you'll hear Biden is too far left because of the massive public spending, the aggressive NLRB policies favoring labor, the support to unions, anti free trade policy, neo-brandeis antitrust, trans rights speeches and wealth tax support.
On the left you'll hear Biden is actually a neoliberal or center right, because of his stance on Israel, his belief that welfare capitalism is better than socialism, his belief in economic growth and innovation, his past ties with the banking sector, his 1994 crime bill and support for the police, pragmatic climate policy, etc.
When debating online half the time you're just trying to filter out completely delusional beliefs, and it's tiring.
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You can only hope people will be lining up to support candidates who will work to overturn more stupid regulations faster.
This and https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/health/menthol-cigarettes... (no, not a racist Onion article)
Why do you think it was delayed until this year, an election year? One reason this is something I’m filing under scummy politicians trying to get votes rather than someone trying to right a horrible decades old wrong.
I don’t care at all why they do it. I don’t care if they hate that they’re doing it. If they do the things I want and don’t do the things I don’t want then, well, that’s pretty good.
Also of note: Donald Trump could’ve done this to score some coolness points in his re-election year, and he didn’t.
I guess pardoning Kodak Black and Lil' Wayne didn't make him cool enough...
Let's not bring Trump into this, or anything at all, I certainly wasn't suggesting he's good because the current guy is bad. Personally I find both major party candidates are unacceptable and will vote against both of them third party.
Delayed? They have been working on this declassification for years now. It wasn't a secret. All the work to drag the bureaucratic sledge had to be done.
Nvm...you are just trolling for another conspiracy until they finally nail Hunter.
Definitely a factor in my not voting for Biden again. He campaigned as a moderate and governed (within the constraints of Congress) as a liberal.
Just a heads up: reclassifying marijuana is the majority position and decidedly moderate in 2024.
Reclassifying marijuana would make it legal for recreational use, and that only barely a majority position even in 2024: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/03/26/most-america... (about 57%). More than a quarter of Biden’s own party still opposes such a move.
I guess it depends on how you define “moderate.” I’d say it’s something the middle third of the public agrees with. Marijuana isn’t there yet.
Looking at those stats, only 11% fully oppose. The 57% is for recreation and medical, 32% for only medical. So it seems like your bending the truth for your argument, which doesn't surprise me since you're a lawyer.
I said that the 57% was for recreational use right in my original comment. I think it’s fair to say that what the weed legalization people really want is legalization for recreational use. And also that people who are only okay with legalizing for medical use are at odds with the weed legalization movement overall. Heck, even I don’t have a problem with marijuana being used as a treatment for glaucoma or a pain killer for cancer patients.
Schedule 3 is the same as ketamine, hardly "legal for recreational use". Rescheduling marijuana is a milquetoast moderate move far short of legalization.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35180539
Hahahaha good digging man.
100%. Exposing people to second hand smoke for no reason.
Except they aren't legalizing it for recreational use, only medical usage.
I kind of can't believe a 2020 Biden voter would prefer a 2024 Trump presidency.
On the other side of the view, many of his actions were those of a republican.
My dude, liberals are moderates. The only way you can think otherwise is if you're so far to the right that you've lost perspective. Biden is a typical center-right moderate liberal which is exactly what most Democrats are.
Democrats are only “center right” if you focus on economic issues, which isn’t actually where they spend their political capital. Democrats are to the left of the French when it comes to issues like abortion, race relations, immigration, rioting, and similar social order issues. Case in point: marijuana is still illegal in France, even for medical use.
U.S. Democrats are in fact radical about these issues, insofar as they see them as matters of fundamental morality that are outside the political process altogether. In virtually all of Europe, for example, it is well accepted that abortion is a type of social regulation that can be put to a vote just like any other type of social regulation. But U.S. Democrats denounce putting abortion to a vote as a “far right” position.
These two comments are a perfect summary of why I stopped debating politics online with anyone.
A good 50% of the online crowd, on both sides (left/right) are *absolutely delusional* when it comes to political perception.
On the right you'll hear Biden is too far left because of the massive public spending, the aggressive NLRB policies favoring labor, the support to unions, anti free trade policy, neo-brandeis antitrust, trans rights speeches and wealth tax support.
On the left you'll hear Biden is actually a neoliberal or center right, because of his stance on Israel, his belief that welfare capitalism is better than socialism, his belief in economic growth and innovation, his past ties with the banking sector, his 1994 crime bill and support for the police, pragmatic climate policy, etc.
When debating online half the time you're just trying to filter out completely delusional beliefs, and it's tiring.