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Democrats Make Last Plea to Biden to Change Marijuana Law Before Trump (newrepublic.com)

submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/trees@lemmy.world

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[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He doesn't have a chance to do anything because he is the president, not a majority of congress.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

He could blanket pardon marijuana offenders and direct the DEA to reschedule marijuana, or deschedule it altogether. He has the authority to do both.

[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and he does not have the power to deschedule anything. He has the power to ask the dea to request the scheduling be reconsidered.

[–] maplebar@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Dude, he literally did BOTH of those thing 2 years ago... 🤦

The DEA was supposed to have rescheduled by now, but of course decided to slow-roll it until after the election. Now either Trump will cancel the rescheduling or take credit for it, both of which are fucking stupid ways for this to end.