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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: 0.42s | source
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ein0p ◴[01 May 24 06:11 UTC] No.40220087[source]▶
I’d rather the regime let Assange go, and pardoned Snowden. Allowing something most states already allow is weak sauce as far as populism is concerned.
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almostgotcaught ◴[01 May 24 07:40 UTC] No.40220548[source]▶
do you know how many poor people get caught up on mj charges every year in this country? not to mention this will lead to prior charges being expunged from people's records. but sure let's prioritize those two guys.
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graphe ◴[01 May 24 07:52 UTC] No.40220615[source]▶
Very short sighted thinking. If they beheaded Sam bankman fried there will be a clear message to not commit financial crime, and the aspiration and motivation would almost zero.

The gesture of the freeing these two brave whistleblowers is much more important than you think. Noam Chomsky calls this censorship flak of his five filters.

> If you want to challenge power, you’ll be pushed to the margins. When the media – journalists, whistleblowers, sources – stray away from the consensus, they get ‘flak’. This is the fourth filter. When the story is inconvenient for the powers that be, you’ll see the flak machine in action discrediting sources, trashing stories and diverting the conversation.

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almostgotcaught ◴[01 May 24 08:16 UTC] No.40220782[source]▶
I can only remain bemused at how some people weigh things; 300,000 people were arrested in 2020 for possession of marijuana [1]. There is nothing short-sighted about wishing the free so many people of the misery of being under the same thumb (the penal system) that you bemoan for Assange and Snowden.

1. https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/317793-people-were-a...

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1. ein0p ◴[01 May 24 20:22 UTC] No.40228854[source]▶
It’s interesting that you chose to omit the more recent stats, as well as to notice that under the proposed change those people could still be in trouble for illegally possessing a controlled substance. But even then, it’s not just “2 guys” we’re talking about here. It’s 350 million people who are being illegally spied on and lied to. Dropping the charges against Assange and Snowden and apologizing to them would be a good first step on fixing all that.
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2. almostgotcaught ◴[02 May 24 05:34 UTC] No.40233009[source]▶
> chose to omit ...

I pasted the first link I found but since you're trying to insinuate something about my motives:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2023/10/19/weed-arr...

> The exact figure was 227,108 arrests. Of that number, 92% were for possession only. This number is a slight jump from 2021 when the FBI reported a total of 219,489 arrests for marijuana.

Your point being what? That 220k arrested is a dramatic improvement over 300k?