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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That should have been done the second it was legalised (don't get me started on before then and who these laws were written to target in the first place), waiting this long is nothing to be proud of, it's bare minimum shit..

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You do realize that it's not actually legal Federally, right?

And due to anti-drug treaties we have with other nations, it may be a good long while before it's even possible to make it legal Federally.

[–] jon@lemmy.tf 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Marijuana is still classified as a schedule 1 drug and remains federally illegal.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] jon@lemmy.tf 2 points 10 months ago

There are bills to reschedule or deschedule it every year, every one so far has failed. As of today, marijuana is federally illegal, thus any federal criminal charges stand unless otherwise pardoned/commuted.

Federal agencies have been asked to reduce their amount of arrests for simple, nonviolent possession, but there's still plenty of people getting freshly charged at both the federal and state level today.