weed..........reclassified

[ImStillMags Mags]

Reefer Reclassified

The Justice Department yesterday reclassified state-licensed marijuana as a less dangerous drug, easing federal limits on approved medical products while keeping recreational use illegal.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche ordered the shift from Schedule I, alongside heroin and LSD, to Schedule III, alongside codeine, ketamine, and testosterone. The Schedule I status implied “no accepted medical use,” hindering research even though 40 states have legalized medical marijuana (see map). The Biden administration recommended the change in 2024, but legal disputes delayed it. President Donald Trump then signed an executive order in December directing agencies to expedite the process. The change does not affect recreational marijuana’s broader classification as Schedule I, though the Drug Enforcement Administration will hold a hearing in June to consider revising it.

Advocates say the shift will expand research into medical uses, including for chronic pain, epilepsy, and chemotherapy side effects. A recent poll found 59% of US adults support full legalization and 84% support medical use.

[Rick Richardson]

Timeline of cannabis laws in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_cannabis_laws_in_the_United_States

How do marijuana election results relate to other ballot issues?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/06/marijuana-legalization-election-results/76085205007/

Senate Dems Propose Bill To Federally Decriminalize Marijuana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrj5MxIVQ38

[Lobo]

Making cannabis a Schedule I drug is obviously absurd, but the others are stupid too. There is no good reason to not use heroin for pain relief in clinical settings, when a level of analgesia greater than morphine or oxycodone but less than fentanyl is required. And psychedelic drugs like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline not only do have legitimate psychiatric uses, but they're not even physically dangerous the way opiates, sleeping pills, and stimulants can be. Not everyone can handle them mentally, but for most people they can be very helpful in discovering yourself.

In fact, we ought to scrap the entire "War On Drugs" concept and concentrate on educating people about their uses and dangers.

[Running]

Medical Marijuana: Making Nerds Angry Since 1996

On Friday, April 24, 2026 at 10:45:17 AM UTC-4 ImStillMags Mags wrote:

[Rick Richardson]

I watched a segment on Joe Rogan with Rick Perry & W. Bryan Hubbard  is the Chief Executive Officer of Americans for Ibogaine, a public policy education and advocacy organization working to medicalize ibogaine in the United States.  

 Rick Perry being a past governor of Texas and Bryan as he says The Great State of Texas is or has conducted studies on Ibogaine all on their own. It is a psychedelic.

It is a great find that could cure some awful illnesses and addictions.

https://groups.google.com/g/political-euwetopia/c/g-emD1-AO-U

[Rick Richardson]

Joe Rogan texted Trump about ibolgaine and I saw Joe standing behind Trump in the news conference.

[BEZARK]

Within living memory the cretins in Texas had the death penalty for cannabis.

[Lobo]

I've never tried ibogaine, but though it's been many years, I've had plenty of experience with other psychedelics. Especially acid (LSD) and, to a lesser extent, psilocybin ("magic mushrooms") and -- only once -- mescaline buttons.

[Lobo]

<< Within living memory the cretins in Texas had the death penalty for cannabis  >>

Because smoking the Devil's Weed might kill them...?

Various drugs were outlawed in America because of their association with different minority groups. Alcohol became associated with Catholic immigrants, especially the Irish. Cocaine was linked to supposedly oversexed blacks. And "Maria Juana", of course, with Mexicans.