Politico.com, along with a number of other reputable news sources, have reported on the Biden administration's attempt to reduce penalties for pot possession by re-classifying weed on the federal level as a Class 3 drug. Is it a coincidence that this is being brought forth as the election draws near?
Weed is currently a Schedule I drug on the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule I is the most severe classification, meaning the drug is considered to have no medical use and high potential for abuse. The DOJ decision to reclassify would move cannabis to Schedule III - a category that means it’s determined to have both medical benefits and some potential for abuse.
The move would mark the biggest change in federal drug policy in more than half a century and shows how much Biden’s position has shifted on cannabis. As a senator, he wrote the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which raised federal penalties for possession and distribution of Schedule I substances like marijuana. In 2020, he remained the only Democratic candidate in the crowded presidential primary to not come out in favor of full federal decriminalization.
You bet yer fuckin' ass it ain't no co-inky-dink, me son. He's buying young stoner votes, plain and simple.
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