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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: 0s | 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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coffeebeqn ◴[30 Apr 24 18:58 UTC] No.40214810[source]▶
Do they have jurisdiction to go and do that?
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denimnerd42 ◴[30 Apr 24 19:17 UTC] No.40215076[source]▶
sure they do. for example it's illegal to be in possession of marijuana and a firearm. the purchase of said MJ would be pretty good evidence that could lead to other warrants. That's the Hunter Biden gun charge.
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beaeglebeachh ◴[30 Apr 24 19:31 UTC] No.40215232[source]▶
It's oddly not. Only to be a user or addict with a firearm. IIRC if you just like the way weed looks in your hand that doesn't make you a user, and there's plenty of reasonable doubt you're guarding it for grandma or whoever.

Of course people are still being convicted of weed and firearm, but it gets recorded as gun law violation and nobody cares, cuz left hates guns and right hates weed, so they'll never repeal it.

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1. int_19h ◴[30 Apr 24 23:31 UTC] No.40217738[source]▶
The worst part is that the states are quite happy to help the feds enforce this. E.g. Hawaii has both mandatory gun registration and requires a state-issued license for medical marijuana. And if you happen to have both, well:

https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/surrender-your-guns-pol...

It should also be noted that while DEA is instructed by the executive to not go after cannabis users in states where it's legal for recreational use, there's no equivalent directive issued to ATF.

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2. vkou ◴[01 May 24 17:47 UTC] No.40226693[source]▶
It would be great if the DEA and ATF were a bit more consistent in their enforcement. Joe Rogan smokes pot and has guns, federal agents busting down his studio door and dragging him away in handcuffs (while state ones look on and clap) would do more to move the needle on drug legalization than most anything else.