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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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662 points JacobHenner | 2 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.111s | 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. Optimal_Persona ◴[30 Apr 24 18:49 UTC] No.40214706[source]▶
Honestly the biggest uptick of weed use I've seen in my peer groups is in the >= 50 set for pain management, sleep, and...fun.
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2. aidenn0 ◴[30 Apr 24 18:59 UTC] No.40214824[source]▶
Yeah, now that it's "windows open" weather, we are smelling it a lot; source is definitely in the over 50 demographic.