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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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662 points JacobHenner | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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vkou ◴[30 Apr 24 17:38 UTC] No.40213662[source]▶
It's actually wild what the executive can get done in an election year... With the side effect of dangling bait for legislators to take a contrarian, nationally unpopular position.
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segasaturn ◴[30 Apr 24 17:52 UTC] No.40213870[source]▶
Election year and not to mention that the President's numbers are in shambles with younger voters. This move feels extremely transparent to me.
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1. jimbob45 ◴[30 Apr 24 17:59 UTC] No.40214004[source]▶
My favorite was the cancellation of a ban on menthol cigarettes because it would turn away black voters despite the NAACP ardently encouraging the ban[0].

[0]https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/health/fda-menthol-cigarettes...