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Senior HHS official calls to move marijuana to lower-risk drug category (www.reuters.com)

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A senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing a letter.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think you're making more of this than is necessary. It seems to me that he's been pretty clear (well, for a guy who is famously not the best speaker...) on his intent to reassess how the federal government classifies cannabis based on the results of scientific studies and HHS recommendations like the one announced today. Here's an article from January 17th, 2020 which says basically that.

At the same time, PolitiFact's promise tracker argues that Biden is mostly on track for his promise to work towards decriminalization based on his mass federal pardons for simple possession of cannabis.

I'm pro cannabis and I would like to see it legalized or decriminalized world wide. It's good that you have high standards, but I think you're coming across like someone who is simply unwilling to give credit where credit is due when it comes to the fact that Biden has done more for cannabis decriminalization than any president in 50 years. This review simply would not have happened had the current administration not called for it, which is part of the reason why it has been wrongly scheduled as a "schedule 1" narcotic for half a century.

The war on cannabis isn't over, but federally rescheduling it down 2 levels is a significant victory for the cause and, in my opinion, deserves at least some credit or praise.

[–] givesomefucks 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(well, for a guy who is famously not the best speaker…)

Actually, he used to be an amazing public speaker...

Biden was initially considered one of the potentially strongest candidates as campaigning began in 1987.[6] This was because of his image as a political moderate, his speaking ability on the stump (rated second only to that of Jesse Jackson),

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_1988_presidential_campaign#Status_among_candidates

He had a stutter as a small child, but overcame it long before he entered politics.

Like lots of people who overcame childhood stutters, he got really good at public speaking as an adult.

But those people don't do it naturally, it takes a lot of thought and a quick mind. When they start to get old, normal every day mental degradation hits them harder than most

So if youve only experienced Biden after he was 60, sure, I guess you would think he's always been shitty at it. The truth is, he's 80 fucking years old and obviously that's having an effect on him. And maybe we shouldn't be putting geriatric people in charge of the entire country.

Unfortunately this country has a short memory, most people don't remember all the lies that torpedoed his first election and made him wait 40 some years before trying to be president again.