Once OMB signs off, the DEA will take public comment on the plan to move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids, following a recommendation from the federal Health and Human Services Department. After the public comment period and a review by an administrative judge, the agency would eventually publish the final rule.
A very good development for reducing mass incarceration, but:
- Listen Fat, this is too little too late to save the 2024 election, if it’ll have even gone into effect by then.
- How fucking incompetent are Democrats that they’re taking the clock down to zero on this obvious win that should have been a “first 100 days” item.
I imagine a few days ago…
Aide 1: “We’re gonna do something on wacky tobaccy.”
Aide 2: “Performative bullshit?”
Aide 1: “Of course.”
Aide 2: “Why?”
Aide 1: “I just came back from briefing POTUS on the Tiktok focus group data.”