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Its still not legal at the federal level, its just not criminalized at the state/local level. This was always a possibility.
It's how I knew the current political system was a joke before the mask came off of either party. -If neither major party intends to legalize cannabis when it's so broadly supported by the public, and yet so trivial to public health, then what hope can we hold that anything more meaningful, or difficult will pass? -Don't answer that. It's rhetorical.
Someone explained it a while back. Politicians won't legalize it nationwide because they know people will still vote for them. Which is exactly what has been happening for years.
If they legalize it their reelection chances go down.
That is why people can't have nice things. It's a popularity contest but not for the people. It's for the politicians. 77 million Republican voters thought Trump in office again was a higher priority than low priced legal weed.
The Biden administration was in the process of federally legalizing cannabis through the proper regulatory channels, but couldn't finish in time before his term ended.
No, he wasn't even going to legalize it. He was just going to reschedule weed to the same class of drug as ~~heroin~~ opium, and he didn't even do that. The fact that he vowed to do that from day one and still did nothing is a perfect example of my point, however.
It currently is the same schedule as heroin (schedule 1)... "Rescheduling" is the name of the regulatory process that was ongoing, but could not conclude in time. These things take time to do properly and hold up in court and make them stick, it wasn't from lack of desire.
When you say it like that it's almost like we could have convicted and imprisoned Trump but legal-procedings similarly "could not conclude in time. These things take time to do properly and hold up in court and make them stick, it wasn't from lack of desire."
It very much was from a lack of desire. They had 4 years.
“Not getting done in time” is going to be the polite description of biden’s legacy. For so many things.
Not sure why Biden couldn't just issue lots of (meaningful) EOs and then tell courts to try to enforce them if they disagree. Including on the cannabis issue. At the same time, he could initiate/shepherd the longer process, which, as you point out, takes a long time.
Can someone like Taco come in and reverse EOs? Of course, but at least make someone like Taco do that reversal.
Well, it is codified legal at the state level, not just decriminalized. But yes, the feds can ignore it due to it being federally illegal. They're just trying to show California who's boss. They could easily go after grow operations in the numerous other states where pot is legal, but they're choosing to fuck with California just because they can. Same reason why they're targeting immigration enforcement on blue cities and leaving the red states alone. Cruelty and all that.
They could also go after the illegal grow ops in CA, some of which are literally still ran by the cartels.
Sure, but that would make sense and doesn't strike fear into the hearts of Americans, so it's a waste of time for them.
Those guys are violent and ICE are scared little shit weasels.
Yes, but the Fed in the past always understood it was a quid-pro-quo. The state govs make a killing on statewide legalization, and that income flows up to the fed. Not to mention saving the fed a TON on DEA enforcement when they aren't tied up with Cannabis enforcement.