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[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 months ago (15 children)

Why are only 11 senators in support of this?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Because the rest are old farts with reefer madness

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Of the 11 that signed, the average age is 65

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

I haven't checked all of their ages, but Bernie and Warren alone probably raise the average by 10 years.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

Because the DEA doesn't have the legal authority to do that. Congress laid out the criteria for scheduling drugs in the Controlled Substances Act and any reasonable person would say marijuana meets the criteria for at least schedule 5. Congress needs to do what they did for alcohol and nicotine and pass a law that specifically excludes marijuana.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Elizabeth Warren (Mass.),

John Fetterman (Pa.)

Chuck Schumer (N.Y.)

Cory Booker (N.J.)

Jeff Merkley (Ore.)

Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)

Ron Wyden (Ore.)

John Hickenlooper (Colo.)

Peter Welch (Vt.)

Chris Van Hollen (Md.)

Alex Padilla (Calif.).

Edit: and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

11 Democratic senators, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

He already got left out of the headline

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

And then I also left him out. Sorry Bernie!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Surprised to not see Bernie on here

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He's there.

In a letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, 11 Democratic senators, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), argued the administration “should deschedule marijuana altogether.”

They could have said "12 Senators..."

But went with the option that excluded Bernie since he's not a D.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (13 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

Many states have laws based on the federal schedule and don’t specifically name any drugs, so there would be some immediate effects.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

People play the lottery too.. so

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thats a minority of democratic senators.

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