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0 pointsdmix17d ago0 comments

There has still been a major decline in federal prosecutions for marijuana in the US, something like -50% since 2020. The vast majority of weed prosecutions happen at the state level.

Biden also mass pardoned minor weed possession charges https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-marijuana-simple-possess...

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cucumber373284217d ago

State vs federal unfortunatly doesn't change the math behind the "if we do W then union X will not support us and then voting block Y will vote against us at a predicted rate of Z%" math upon which most of these political decisions are calculated.

dmixOP17d ago

That is true. Plus DEA doesn't want to lose any power and they'll have the presidents ear.

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cucumber373284217d ago

dmixOP17d ago

That is true. Plus DEA doesn't want to lose any power and they'll have the presidents ear.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse