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That's the harmful side effect. They'll make less money.

The only thing that proves those worries wrong is every single place where marijuana has been legalized and regulated has less crime and more taxes collected through regulated legal sales. So, just reality.

It seems so out of touch when people make these arguments these days as they pretend like marijuana is some mystery drug that's barely used when in reality it's already medically legal in 4/5ths of the country and recreationally legal in 1/2 the country.

And big pharma.

I am really sorry for those of you who use it recreationally, because it deserves to be legal for you too, but as a medical user in a non-legal state, this is amazing news.

One step closer, IMO id rather medical people get it first ASAP anyways. Us recreational users have fun with it and it's far better than say alcohol for a good time, but at the end of the day I don't need it.

Congrats to you!! Hopefully your ability to get ur medicine becomes easier/safer, but either way at least itll be legal for u!

What’s that saying? A high tide raises all boats. This is good for everyone.

The idea that something you can just grow yourself like a plant of a fungus is illegal is ridiculous on the face of it.

ketamine

wasn't ketamine schedule III already?

Still makes me sick to think of all of those cunt fucking cops who sent people to prison for this shit.

Because they used it as a tool to hunt down and arrest civil rights groups and Vietnam protestors.

Marijuana was considered a black person drug. If you didn't know, the US kinda hates black people, statistically speaking. It's pretty fucked up!

According to the available information, there is no direct mention of the percentage of black people who used marijuana in the 1960s and 1970s. However, we can infer some information from the provided snippets.
In the 1970s, marijuana use became more widespread among the general population. According to Gallup’s trend by age, widespread experimentation with marijuana first occurred among adults aged 18 to 29 between 1969 and 1973, rising from 8% to 35%. It then continued to mount, reaching 56% by 1977, and remained at that level in 1985.
It is important to note that the available information does not provide specific data on the percentage of black people who used marijuana during this time period. However, we can infer that marijuana use was more prevalent among younger adults, particularly those in the 18-29 age range, during the 1970s.
In terms of the potency of marijuana during this time period, reports suggest that pot in the 1970s had THC levels of around 1%. In contrast, today, the herb you’re smoking has a lot more THC, with levels averaging more than 6-8%. Some specially grown plants can contain THC levels as high as 51%.
It is also worth noting that a 2022 analysis of marijuana possession arrests in Texas for the years 2017 to 2019 reported that African Americans comprised 30.2 percent of all possession arrests, yet Black people comprised only 12.9 percent of the state’s population. This suggests that there may be racial disparities in marijuana use and arrest rates, but the available information does not provide specific data on the percentage of black people who used marijuana in the 1960s and 1970s.

Edit: The above is kind of incorrect, the herb I smoke brags ~25%, though sources say those #s vary greatly.

They tried banning alcohol. There was enough popular pushback they had no choice but to un-ban it.

There was less popular demand for marijuana. It seems like it's moving in the same direction, just more slowly.

Seriously. There have to be more people who die from ketamine than LSD every year. It all seems so arbitrary.

And MDMA? It shows a lot of promise in therapeutic use. Schedule 1 is for substances with “no currently accepted medical treatment use”.

Better idea, make them enforce regulations on pharmaceutical companies instead of people. They wouldn’t even have to change the signage!

DEA. The FDA makes the recommendations, then then DEA decides if they want to follow it or not.

This should be fixed. DEA are cops, not medical experts, and shouldn't be making this decision.