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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (20 children)

What's the over/under on this happening before November?

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    If election theater motivates this policy and makes this happen then I’m all for it. I wonder what our criminal AG in Texas thinks about all this, considering he’s trying to do the opposite in cities with lax marijuana enforcement.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Even if marijuana was descheduled, it would still be illegal due to Texas state law

    I think most states in which it is illegal would remain illegal. Many states would probably update their laws in response to the DEA descheduling it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If the law only references federal definitions of scheduled drugs, they would need to update their laws before this went into effect or else risk letting the population have legal weed for a short window, which likely would spur voters to try and regain their newly found drug

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, which is why I bothered to link Texas law, which references by name.

    My own state references it by name. I suspect many/most state marijuana laws predate the formation of the DEA but I’m not a historian/lawyer.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    What's the likelihood a rock from space hits Trump in his diaper?

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Much lower considering rescheduling marijuana is a basic government act and not a ridiculously unlikely astronomical event. Also, it would gain Biden a lot of votes.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    i was under the impression the president could unilaterally just order the DEA to do it as its under the executive. is that true?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    As far as I understand it, the DEA has the independence to make the decision themselves and all the president can do is tell them what he wants.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ya, it really should be legislated. I doubt that's happening before November, though.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Legislated implies Congress passing a law. That of course will not happen before the election, and likely not while Biden is president due to some Republicans being against the idea of legalization and also Republicans not wanting to give Biden nor Democrats a win. DEA resxheduling it is the most likely scenario that should hold up in court especially since Biden followed a process to support the change(asking for another department to review whether it is a dangerous drug, and using their response as evidence for the DEA)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Kind of. It's murky legal waters.

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