If no one is being harmed and all parties have the access to information to know enough about whether or not to consent, and if all parties do consent.
Nothing wrong is being done.
If you could do it as president, just make Joe do it immediately. We might not get another chance if you wait.
Mfs always wait until election time to say they’ll do cool stuff then never fucking do it.
You might notice that Kamala Harris is not in fact Joe Biden. Even if she wants to do it, that doesn’t mean she can make Joe do it.
It’s not immediate. There’s a process involved in rescheduling or descheduling. Biden started the process to move it to schedule 3 in 2022 which would efficiently make it legal medically. The DEA has been dragging it out as much as possible. There’s a public comment period in December
Biden has also not publicly said he wants full legalization, so convincing him to do so may be difficult. As senator, harris pushed for full legalization, so it’s clear that she has a very different attitude about it to Biden
I sure hope so. The notion that there still are not free states when it comes to cannabis is just beyond ridiculous.
I would like to reiterate that A LOT of the entrenched Cannabis industry assholes that run the business are pro-Trump. I’m talking well over a majority of the most psychotic Trump supporters I know are directly involved in the interstate Cannabis market. They are even more prone to conspiracy brainrot than the average Yall’Qaeda folks.
I’m sounding the alarm for the millionth time that the Cannabis industry attracts some of the most degenerate, unethical, fucked up people into positions of power. I’ve said this like 10 times on Lemmy at least, and I always get downvoted into oblivion even though I have more direct experience with the Cannabis industry than 99.9999% of people on earth.
Trust me when I say a lot of these people are fully fucked in the head, and giving them legitimacy is a problem. While I am still 100% pro-legalization, I am also aware of the dark side of that equation as well. There is a lot of exploitation and evil in the industry. It needs to be unionized, and there needs to be common sense regulation that is not captured by the corporations within the industry itself.
Source: Worked in the black, gray, and recreational Cannabis industry for 14 years. Have directly facilitated the sale of tens of millions of dollars worth of Cannabis. Worked with thousands of different people, and hundreds of different vendors over that time.
I’m sounding the alarm for the millionth time that the Cannabis industry attracts some of the most degenerate, unethical, fucked up people into positions of power
I worked at a delivery dispensary for like 2 months in 2021 or so:
- our main product was one which the owner also owned, but only under the table through a kid of his, so we’d regularly get weird orders that didn’t match what we were getting in product, and heavily push the garbage house brand for him. Pretty sure money laundering was happening
- the safe was regularly left unlocked and open. The safe was in the cage (where the weed is) which was also unlocked and open. So was the back door ~10ft away from that, and the roll-up ~20ft from that. Any random homeless person could easily have sprinted in, yoinked money, weed, and bolted. Well, until:
- right after I quit the guy who hired me (the “co owner”) took 10k cash out of the safe AND the wife of the girl in accounting and dipped, idk if they ever found that guy actually
- they absolutely were trafficking significant amounts of hard drugs as well
Believe it when I see it.
How long have Democrats been saying this now?
No democratic as a presidential nominee has publicly stated they would fully legalize it until now as far as I am aware. Biden has made moves to reschedule, but he has not said something like this
Bernie didn’t say he’d legalize weed? I’ve got a tough time believing that tbh
Edit: I’m a dumbass lol “nominee” does not in fact mean “candidate” 😂
Just a reminder that she was responsible for putting thousands of people in jail for petty marijuana crimes… but you know. Democrats are allowed to change their stance on things… Republicans aren’t… right?
Prosecutors prosecute, not legislate. She won’t be a legislature if she becomes president either.
The US policy on pot has 100% negatively impacted our ability to defend in cyberspace.
Just legalize it (and psychedelics) already.
Paywall, didnt read
I bet she commits suicide by shooting herself in the head…twice.
I expect to see frequent attempts on her life if she wins.
“Maybe when they’re stoned they’ll stop asking about Gaza”
Canadian here.
It’s been fully legal for… 5 years? We haven’t fallen apart yet!
There’s some people working on that, but they aren’t the stoner type.
It’s ridiculous that it’s even up for debate at this point. Regulation and taxation will increase government revenue, keep potheads out of jail, and potentially calm people the fuck down. Oh no, those people over there are making themselves feel slightly light headed and good feeling! What a bunch of bastards!
But then how will we criminalize a massive swath of our population and fill up all of the for-profit prisons?
Crack, meth etc.
Yo check this out. First, we stop sending them, saving tax dollars. Then, we release the ones inside, saving tax dollars. Then, we make it recreationally legal, creating tax dollars. Then we fuckin’ ban for profit prisons lol
She’s the VP right now. There is nothing stopping her from putting forward legislation on marijuana.
VPs cannot introduce legislation. When she was senator she did co-sponsor a bill in 2018 to legalize weed federally
What are you talking about. Anyone can write bills. If you want to argue semantics yes she can’t actually call for a vote on a bill but there is nothing stopping her from writing the bill and telling the American people that the plan is out there and the bill just needs to be sponsored by a member of congress.
There already has been one introduced into this congress to do exactly that. With the Republican control in the house it hasn’t gotten anywhere but it already exists
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5601
So what you’re telling me is this is another empty promise from Kamala Harris. We need to expect better from our politicians. Just because she isn’t trump doesn’t mean we have to circle jerk around her. It’s possible to criticize while also still voting for a person.
So you’re saying the expectation should be that she should be able to solve every problem without any direct power? Harris could only do more if she were president. The only people that can currently do anything on it are the president and congress.
Biden for his part started the process to move it to schedule 3 which would give medical legalization. Harris could start the process for full legalization if she were elected
Normalize personal freedom again. If you don’t have personal freedoms you ain’t free in the least. Fuck all cops and the idea you can control me. Fuck you! I do what I want!
Leaving this here.
