As Biden Plans to Reschedule Marijuana, Advocates Say 'Fully Legalize' It | Common Dreams
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Sen. Cory Booker urged fellow lawmakers to "follow the lead of states around the country and legalize cannabis for adult use and create a comprehensive taxation and regulatory scheme."
  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
    15·
    6 months ago

    Indica Joe >> Sleepy Joe

    Doesn’t matter if this is a shameless grab for the gen X/millennial/Z vote, or a principled stand — progress is progress.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    An inch forward is better than a mile backward.
    The DEA hasn’t budged on this in 60 years so I’ll gladly take a crack in the dam because that means more are coming.
    People seem to forget that progress doesn’t happen overnight, if people are expecting to get everything they want in one fell swoop otherwise they want nothing, then they’ll continue to get nothing forever.
    Always take the win no matter how small because they add up.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
      94·
      6 months ago

      Milquetoast > fascist. You do realize that the President is the head of 1 of the 3 branches of government, and not an omnipotent dictator, right? The President doesn’t just “decide” what the laws are, they do indeed have to operate within the structure of the government, and establish some degree of consensus with the other branches in order to effect significant changes.

      • qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world
        81·
        6 months ago

        chill out, bud. Biden is an animate bowl of tapioca. Still gonna vote for him. The ability to honestly criticize the sitting president is a cornerstone of our freedom and I will vote for him to maintain that freedom.

        • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          One underrated and underappreciated skill in a leader/president, is choosing to surround yourself with the right people.

          I’d rather have milquetoast Biden, with a group of intelligent policy wonk (many that lean progressive) in his ear and guiding his pen, than a narcissist demagogue who surrounds himself with sycophants. That’s how so much bad shit happens…

          Check out “The Regime” on Max for a pretty funny satirical look at what can happen when the latter situation is taken to its logical end.

        • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
          43·
          6 months ago

          This is objectively a step in the right direction, though. I’m tired of hearing people criticize Biden for making significant progress because he didn’t single-handedly perfectly solve everything. This is progress within his powers, just like pardoning federal marijuana sentences, just like his climate commitments, just like his chipping away at student loans.

          Yes, you are allowed to criticize the president, but calling the man “an animate bowl of tapioca” because his progressive initiatives are checked by the balance of powers which forms the actual cornerstone of our freedoms is anything but honest. Grandpa is trying, much harder than most presidents in recent memory. He has done what he can, and pushed for more. Criticizing him personally for the deliberately intrinsic inertia of our democracy is dishonest.

          • majormoron@lemmy.world
            61·
            6 months ago

            I’m mostly with you on this one, but you have to admit, “an animate bowl of tapioca” has got to be one of the funniest ways I have heard of President Biden described as. But yeah, I think he does care and is trying pretty hard to effect some level of significant change. I feel like he’s trying to softly get the ball rolling for a second term where he really shows what he’s made of.

            I hope for and look forward to great change and progress in the coming years.

            • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
              33·
              6 months ago

              I’d think it was funny if it didn’t read like another desperate attempt to stifle enthusiasm for progress and make the fascist guy seem more appealing, and why again? Because the president isn’t embroiled in daily antics? Dear heavens, not a boring President, quietly doing his job instead of tweeting scandalous things. Another boring, incremental legislative step in the right direction. The gears of democracy turning, yawn.

              Why can’t milquetoast Biden be more exciting like the fascist guy? Why does the bureaucracy of running a country have to be comparable to tapioca instead of something flashier, with big banners and snazzy outfits and catchy slogans.