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US Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift (apnews.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Any day now. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great news, but I feel like I’ve been seeing a variation of this headline for the last three years.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What you've been hearing is that they're considering rescheduling it. They literally just finished doing that like a month ago. Now comes the doing it part.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But when exactly?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is the doing it part.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Any day now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

There is a "public comment period" that can last up to 60 days.

So at the latest by the end of the summer. Biden obviously wants to get this done before the election, as he should, because it'll help him.