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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: 0.211s | source
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starspangled ◴[01 May 24 05:37 UTC] No.40219850[source]▶
The greatest thing about tight, upcoming elections is that governments actually start to do a tiny bit of what people want. Great result.
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romeros ◴[01 May 24 05:51 UTC] No.40219956[source]▶
It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, doesn't it? Why haven't they taken action until now? People aren't children to be appeased by such gestures.
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metamet ◴[01 May 24 06:08 UTC] No.40220067[source]▶
We all prioritize things differently and I believe this process was started on October 6th, 2022 [1]. This is just one of many things the current administration has done over the last 3 years, though.

[1] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/07/biden-weed-executiv...

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somenameforme ◴[01 May 24 06:28 UTC] No.40220180[source]▶
So one month before midterm elections.
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1. Garrrrrr ◴[01 May 24 06:43 UTC] No.40220258[source]▶
exactly