Bernie Sanders Slams Decision Not To Reclassify Marijuana
Source: Huffington Post
By Daniel Marans
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) threw some shade at the Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday.
The DEA announced it would end the federal governments monopoly on marijuana cultivation, but to the disappointment of many drug reform proponents, the agency declined to reclassify pot from its list of most dangerous narcotics.
Sanders made clear on Twitter that he was among those dissatisfied with the decision not to remove marijuana from the federal governments list of Schedule I drugs, where it sits alongside heroin and LSD. (Schedule I is the most severe category of illegal substances, referring to drugs with the greatest tendency for abuse and no known medical uses.)
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True Dough
(17,305 posts)Respect.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Trump probably doesn't know what that means yet.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)then it will be legal on the entire West Coast. One of the things keeping me awake at night is a Trump presidency with a Chris Christy attorney general, and a decision to have the DEA "invade" all the pot businesses out there, and it would be legal as federal law overrides state laws. Someone please talk me down on this...
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)the DEA will be the last of my worries
Punx
(446 posts)No way would I vote to convict.
Nullification all the way.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)Their self interest is why they hew to this ridiculous classification! It would cause layoffs but save tax money and many people's futures.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)What a bunch of hypocrites.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Sorry but I thought it was obvious.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)Lunabell
(6,082 posts)Marijuana is the only relief from pain my wife with fibromyalgia can get. She doesn't want opioids due to their danger and addictive properties. Prohibition against pot is just ridiculous and big pharma is to blame!
raven mad
(4,940 posts)what's kind of funny is the growers in the Matanuska Valley are being shafted by federal law, can't get the stuff "certified organic" label................ As if no one has ever heard of Matanuska Thunder Fuck........... that's been around since I was in high school, a long, long time ago!