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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: 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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ncr100 ◴[30 Apr 24 18:20 UTC] No.40214302[source]▶
THEREFORE they will be able to move CASH money out of their stores TO BANKS, resulting in fewer "smash and grab" incidents ... aka, "Hyundai meet storefront of weed shop."

Looking forward to this, silly to see so many Kia "boys" being used for gross violence crimes when regulation changes could lessen it.

> https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/seattle-pot-shop-cr... for example

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danielscrubs ◴[01 May 24 04:14 UTC] No.40219443[source]▶
The poverty and gangster culture is going to stay the same so this seems like a weird kind of social take, I mean wont grifters just find another way to hurt common folk?

I mean... I can leave a 2000 USD Macbook for a toilet break in Starbucks over here without any issues and have done so regularly.

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1. danielscrubs ◴[02 May 24 01:12 UTC] No.40231680[source]▶
Not sure why I get downvoted from criminologists you have: Deterrence Theory, Social Learning Theory, Labeling Theory and Cultural Influence.