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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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NewJazz ◴[30 Apr 24 18:53 UTC] No.40214752[source]▶
The poor San Bernardino Sheriff's department is going to need a new funding source, too.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-28/marijuan...

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rrrix1 ◴[01 May 24 19:35 UTC] No.40228247[source]▶
Thanks for the link. I'm not a marijuana advocate, but from that article it sounds pretty plainly like so many other stories of law enforcement effectively stealing cash because they can, and are often instructed or incentivized to do so.
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1. seanw444 ◴[04 May 24 19:42 UTC] No.40259817{3}[source]▶
Civil asset forfeiture is fucking criminal. You don't even need to be arrested or convicted of a crime.