President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia.
This is a good second step. The first was asking the DEA to look into rescheduling.
But it is nothing more than the second step. The third step would probably be to pass the SAFE Banking act. And we should not let up pressure until full recreational legalization is a reality in all states.
Democrats will happily let this be the end of reforms if we let them.
Federal legalization/rescheduling is the only option. States that do not want legal recreational marijuana will keep it illegal and keep their cash cows fed.
It would take a Supreme Court ruling to force full marijuana legalization across the US and there is zero chance of that.
I didn’t put a deadline on letting up pressure. Republicans eventually got what they wanted on Roe via the Supreme Court by not letting up pressure. There is no good reason we can’t do the same.
There’s a number of bad reasons, though. Principal among them is that centrists don’t want to disrupt the status quo, even if it means preserving racist policies like the war on drugs.
This is a good second step. The first was asking the DEA to look into rescheduling.
But it is nothing more than the second step. The third step would probably be to pass the SAFE Banking act. And we should not let up pressure until full recreational legalization is a reality in all states.
Democrats will happily let this be the end of reforms if we let them.
Federal legalization/rescheduling is the only option. States that do not want legal recreational marijuana will keep it illegal and keep their cash cows fed.
It would take a Supreme Court ruling to force full marijuana legalization across the US and there is zero chance of that.
I didn’t put a deadline on letting up pressure. Republicans eventually got what they wanted on Roe via the Supreme Court by not letting up pressure. There is no good reason we can’t do the same.
There’s a number of bad reasons, though. Principal among them is that centrists don’t want to disrupt the status quo, even if it means preserving racist policies like the war on drugs.