▲ 645 ▼ 11 Democratic senators call on DEA to deschedule marijuana entirely (thehill.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 206 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 years ago (3 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago Many states have laws based on the federal schedule and don’t specifically name any drugs, so there would be some immediate effects. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 years ago Sure texas is covered, but we got a lot of states. A ton are going to need proactive laws or else risk kicking a hornets nest in an election year permalink fedilink source parent [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Many states would probably update their laws in response to the DEA descheduling it. Importantly too, they'd have to police it using their own state resources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago Many states have laws based on the federal schedule and don’t specifically name any drugs, so there would be some immediate effects. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 years ago Sure texas is covered, but we got a lot of states. A ton are going to need proactive laws or else risk kicking a hornets nest in an election year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 years ago Sure texas is covered, but we got a lot of states. A ton are going to need proactive laws or else risk kicking a hornets nest in an election year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 years ago Sure texas is covered, but we got a lot of states. A ton are going to need proactive laws or else risk kicking a hornets nest in an election year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Many states would probably update their laws in response to the DEA descheduling it. Importantly too, they'd have to police it using their own state resources. permalink fedilink source parent