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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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662 points JacobHenner | 3 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.506s | source
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mannyv ◴[30 Apr 24 18:15 UTC] No.40214223[source]▶
One major effect of this is that weed stores will be able to use banks and payment processors legally once the regulators catch up.
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andrewxdiamond ◴[30 Apr 24 18:24 UTC] No.40214371[source]▶
A lot of them have wiggled around this problem by offering “atms” at the cash register. You pay with a debit card, but it’s not a normal transaction, it’s an ATM withdrawal! I don’t understand how the money is vended to the business, but it keeps it out of the store
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ethbr1 ◴[30 Apr 24 18:55 UTC] No.40214782[source]▶
Signs that times are a' changing -- you can buy illegal drugs with a card now.

(Call me crazy and old-fashioned, but I don't think I'd want 50+ illegally-correlated transactions on my financial record that the government could lump into other charges...)

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1. JojoFatsani ◴[30 Apr 24 23:31 UTC] No.40217737[source]▶
Except they’re legal drugs
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2. somenameforme ◴[01 May 24 04:30 UTC] No.40219522[source]▶
Reclassified, not legalized. As per the article it will now be classified along anabolic steroids, ketamine, and other such things.
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3. red-iron-pine ◴[01 May 24 13:22 UTC] No.40222823[source]▶
which is to say, still illegal, just that you won't get 25 to life for a few plants.

DEA isn't kicking down doors to bust dudes doin 'roids, mostly nailing low-hanging fruit like doctors who blatantly spam fake steroid prescriptions