• BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    the only reason Biden hasn’t decriminalized cannabis is because he’s not a dictator and has no control over government agencies like HHS.

    The only reason Biden hasn’t decriminalized cannabis is because it keeps (mostly ethnic minority) people in jails, and having full jails is very profitable.

    Fixed that for ya.

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      6 months ago

      Uhhhh…

      The White House just said Biden wasn’t banning menthols because he’s polling bad with Black voters.

      And lots of people assured me that means he’s the opposite of racist

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      6 months ago

      Neither the president, nor HHS, nor the DEA can decriminalize a drug. They can only deschedule. Congress must pass a decriminalization measure before the president can sign it.

      Descheduling has no effect on criminal charges. That would require decriminalization.