Once OMB signs off, the DEA will take public comment on the plan to move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids, following a recommendation from the federal Health and Human Services Department. After the public comment period and a review by an administrative judge, the agency would eventually publish the final rule.
A very good development for reducing mass incarceration, but:
- Listen Fat, this is too little too late to save the 2024 election, if it'll have even gone into effect by then.
- How fucking incompetent are Democrats that they're taking the clock down to zero on this obvious win that should have been a "first 100 days" item.
boooooooring. typical
nothing burger.
is it a step in the right direction? yes. in the same way that pulling your pants down and leaving your underwear on while you take a shit is "better than nothing".
can't wait to see how this is framed by all the $500 haircuts and thinkpiece typers as the most powerful and earth shattering move for personal freedom since the emancipation.
It's more than a nothing burger, but you're right that it's far short of the obviously right policy.
Most (all?) drug laws, even state ones, are based on how drugs are federally scheduled. Downgrading marijuana's scheduling will have a real impact on what cases will stick, available penalties, etc.