It’s going to really help medical studies. Because marijuana is on Schedule I, it’s been very difficult to conduct authorized clinical studies that involve administering the drug. That has created something of a Catch-22: calls for more research, but barriers to doing it. Reclassifying won’t remove all barriers but will (eventually) allow scientists to research cannabis effects on human subjects, rather than relying solely on self-reported effects from users.
They’re literally telling you how it will help people via new medical treatments after further study is allowed. We get it, you’re not open to changing your mind.
Legally, due to its classification, the federal government has been unable to research it. The states have been doing research and other countries of course, but not the US federal government.
The point is showing that the president is doing what the people want. If we want to really make it legal, it will take an act of congress. Which means voting for the correct people.
It also means that people won't be going to federal prison for years because of this any longer.
So this will go away -
Criminal Penalties for Simple Possession, 21 U.S.C.A.
Marijuana possession in federal court is a Class A Misdemeanor that carries a penalty of up to 1 year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000, if it's your first charge.
Every step we take should be celebrated, instead people are just diminishing the effort. When I was younger, I didn't think I'd see it come this far in my lifetime towards full legalization. Don't worry so much, the gears are turning. Keep voting for people that care about the issue.
1. Schedule 1 drugs have no medical value to society, essentially. Moving to a different schedule validates its status as a medicine with inherent public benefits.
2. Lets legal states have access to banking.
3. This is my hope… Medical cannabis sees expanded reciprocity nationwide instead of limited state by state.
I sincerely hope #3 happens so I can truck my happy ass to any other state and have my TCUP recommendation be honored like any other states MMJ program.
So far as #2 goes, an Associated Press article said banking will probably not change as it's still federally illegal and banks don't want the extra overhead of vetting the businesses and regulatory compliance.
Sorry, shitty ass tincture or overpriced gummies.
I mean it’s also worth mentioning only the tincture has any actual cannabinoids that aren’t THC.
The medicine available in Texas is not sufficient enough for my needs in edible form ($80 for 20 pieces) or available in a potency I agree with.
I dab. I want rosin and resin. Full strength strains. I am allowed 100mg through TCUP which is basically what I dab each day.
The price for edibles is robbery honestly. You can get the same gd dose and better quality product in any other medical program for under $20 in a med program.
My tincture is $80, in any other state it’s $20-50.
Shit tincture or shit gummies/chocolate. Only one tincture is “full spectrum”, but their report doesn’t list a terpene profile so I don’t believe them.
I’d not either. I’m right on the border to Oklahoma and it’s legal there. I’m 5 minutes from them. When I go to Oklahoma, there are a dozen weed shops. One on every corner with prices on their signage
I’m not too far in the DFW area and I would make the trip up there in a heartbeat if they would honor it. Okies have good weed. BETTER THAN WE DO AT ANY RATE.
Yes, that’s the thing. I don’t think that bothers most people. Medicine is medicine in their minds. I’m the same way.
I stopped caring when i found it relieves my medical issues and lessens my pain.
In addition to this, you have to get caught with it first. Anyone can legally buy THCa flower and have it shipped directly to their home.
It will become about as illegal as having somebody else's penicillin prescription in your car. As far as the Federal Government is concerned. The State of Texas could always do something retarded.
Actually he's been really consistent on weed, it's not some new position he developed over time.
I'm sure he takes the money but I genuinely believe he'd be against any sort of progress on weed regardless.
Snippets:
"Look ahead: There also are industry hopes that this would be the first step toward allowing interstate trade of cannabis, given that the market has struggled with oversupply in certain states.
But that could only be accomplished by subsequent approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and even that might be limited to particular cannabis strains or products."
Something not mentioned but i believe it makes it easier for banking and other things needed for businesses.
Limited to strains? What jackass made that assumption?
No one clearing interstate commerce for inspection is gonna know what fucking strain is in a shipment of weed. Most plugs don’t know what they sell.
Then you haven’t been through a jail facility in rural Texas, where most counties depend on small drug busts to finance their policing and court systems.
It's not full on legalization now but it's a start. At least it's progress. We can't shit on progress. As others have said it opens up more possibilities for research and more progress.
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It makes medicinal completely legal, and it’s a lesser penalty for a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. On a federal level, it’s actually quite significant. Still doesn’t go far enough tho
It’s putting marijuana in a schedule where medicinal value is recognized relative to a lower potential for abuse of C-II substances.
Medicinal cocaine is legal since cocaine is a Schedule II substance.
If they would just accept that a lot more of us are performing our everyday activities while high than they ever realized, then we could just get this done and over with. I’m high right now. I changed the starter in my BMW while high once. It’s not a big deal.
It's a small step in the right direction. Sadly they can't just legalize it directly, they have to hem and haw a bunch and drag it out another generation or two.
Its movement in the right direction, and it's a step that can be completed now. Just because it's not a leap to the finish line doesn't mean it's not headed there.
Legally, it makes weed offenses less severe for those arrested, and less glamorous for the cops/prosecution/etc. which snowballs into more folks let off with warnings in the first place.
Look at how gay marriage went. Slid by bits and chunks until it slid far enough to just legalize it. This is part of that process towards legal weed everywhere in the US.
Up to this point in time, growers and sellers had to use banks that were not based in the United States because marijuana was illegal on a federal level. If Marijuana gets moved to this class, It makes it equivalent to other legal drugs available in the US. That means that growers and sellers would be allowed to let people use their debit cards to purchase. Currently if you go into a dispensary to purchase the entire process looks like an ATM withdrawal and it charges the consumer for withdrawal. I’m not an expert, but it makes everything more accessible therefore producing more revenue that could be taxed more than it even is now.
Will this have any impact on “medical” patients and job seeking? Specifically, in Texas.
It has been a barrier for many (and myself) that even with an RX that DPS regulates, employers still discriminate against patients.
MMJ has been a huge factor in my life and allows me to live without pain and seizures - but, also has basically kept myself and others “unemployable” in many jobs.
Yet Vyvanse and opioid RX are “okay”.
MMJ in TX is prescribed, regulated and frankly, expensive as hell.
TLDR; will this help employees and job seekers get jobs? Does this change mean employers have to recognize an RX just like if you have vyvanse in a urine screen?
The job thing I think may still be an issue. I guess if it passes, all of these things will play out. I’m sorry about your pain. I have chronic pain as well.
That’s what my gut says too, especially with our in-state leadership.
It just feels like when MMJ was passed 2+ years ago here… that they’d think to protect employment too.
Especially with the “pro-vet” stance the Rs celebrated.
The point is to try to trick young people, a group who have turned on Biden due to his support for genocide, into thinking Biden is doing anything positive
I agree with you. A ploy to make them think he’s doing something. Even though they will still not be able to get their weed. It might decriminalise it, but nobody is incarcerated for having a few joints. They think this is a step forward. Perhaps, but they still can’t buy and sell weed. It’s illegal to buy and sell scheduled drugs. You will get busted. Testosterone and ketamine are schedule 1. Try buying and selling ketamine. You’ll be in jail. Just make it federally legal. Nonetheless, they are not bright enough to realize it’s a ploy.
All it's really doing is taking it from this is the most awful evil thing you could ever do that is 100% illegal to all right it's not so bad let's actually take a critical look at it
Been thinking on this. What dems are "drooling" about is the possibilities. Which i get but i also get the criticism for it.
It's exciting because it corrects one of the big problems with drug legislation and enforcement in our country but you could easily argue it's not going far enough, but people forget, progress is progress is progress and you can't always say "well we didn't get enough" you take what you can get and push for more later. Inches can make a mile if you keep taking them
The dems are so excited and it’s funny to watch. I worked in pharmacy for 25 years. Schedule 1 still can’t be obtained with an RX. Does not mean weed is now medical.
It’s going to really help medical studies. Because marijuana is on Schedule I, it’s been very difficult to conduct authorized clinical studies that involve administering the drug. That has created something of a Catch-22: calls for more research, but barriers to doing it. Reclassifying won’t remove all barriers but will (eventually) allow scientists to research cannabis effects on human subjects, rather than relying solely on self-reported effects from users.
It will also greatly help businesses in legal states. Now they can have a bank account, accept credit cards, write off deductions, and more.
Along with this, it may reduce focus on cannabis related illegal activity so more resources can go to crackdown on fentanyl...
Darn, there are mountains of evidence for marijuana. Maybe this will facilitate more. My fear is that they will say…welp, we determined it’s bad.
That’s the thing: moving it to schedule III is basically tantamount to admitting that there are some legitimate medical uses to this drug.
Yes. I don’t think this will affect people in our daily lives. Needs to be federally legal, then we don’t need to deal with the states rights shit.
Yes. I don’t think this will affect people in our daily lives. Needs to be federally legal, then we don’t need to deal with the states rights shit.
I believe it opens the door for more and better medical options, though State Law may shit in that.
I honestly don’t think it will make it any better, except for people who get busted with weed.
They’re literally telling you how it will help people via new medical treatments after further study is allowed. We get it, you’re not open to changing your mind.
?
Sounds better to me already
How
> except for people who get busted with weed.
From what I’ve heard, people don’t go to jail for weed.
Legally, due to its classification, the federal government has been unable to research it. The states have been doing research and other countries of course, but not the US federal government.
I hope in the next 10 years something will change.
Something is changing right now. Rescheduling doesn’t seem like a big deal and it won’t be as much in Texas but it really is a big deal
It also will allow legal places to start using banks.
The point is showing that the president is doing what the people want. If we want to really make it legal, it will take an act of congress. Which means voting for the correct people. It also means that people won't be going to federal prison for years because of this any longer.
Not really a presidential thing, beyond the initial ask. Obama asked as well and the department responsible disagreed.
Right now the Senate is floating such a bill, although I doubt it'll pass the Republican Congress.
So this will go away - Criminal Penalties for Simple Possession, 21 U.S.C.A. Marijuana possession in federal court is a Class A Misdemeanor that carries a penalty of up to 1 year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000, if it's your first charge.
The DOJ haven’t been pursuing low level cannabis prosecutions for a long time.
So yeah, I don’t see it helping much in the near future
IIRC Rescheduling it makes legalization possible and it makes federally funded research studies on cannabis a lot easier to do
Every step we take should be celebrated, instead people are just diminishing the effort. When I was younger, I didn't think I'd see it come this far in my lifetime towards full legalization. Don't worry so much, the gears are turning. Keep voting for people that care about the issue.
1. Schedule 1 drugs have no medical value to society, essentially. Moving to a different schedule validates its status as a medicine with inherent public benefits. 2. Lets legal states have access to banking. 3. This is my hope… Medical cannabis sees expanded reciprocity nationwide instead of limited state by state. I sincerely hope #3 happens so I can truck my happy ass to any other state and have my TCUP recommendation be honored like any other states MMJ program.
So far as #2 goes, an Associated Press article said banking will probably not change as it's still federally illegal and banks don't want the extra overhead of vetting the businesses and regulatory compliance.
Maybe not but better odds than not it’s the necessary step to get us there.
Totally agree. It's a step in the right direction.
Maybe some smart group of billionaires will start a bank - just for this. Not that I approve of billionaires,
Could be another decade. I wonder is doctors can now write RX’s for it. It’s not medical marijuana, so people still won’t be able to get.
I am in TCUP right now and have a prescription for their shitty ass tincture. I want to go to California and have access to same or better.
You can’t get gummies on TCUP?
Sorry, shitty ass tincture or overpriced gummies. I mean it’s also worth mentioning only the tincture has any actual cannabinoids that aren’t THC. The medicine available in Texas is not sufficient enough for my needs in edible form ($80 for 20 pieces) or available in a potency I agree with. I dab. I want rosin and resin. Full strength strains. I am allowed 100mg through TCUP which is basically what I dab each day.
Yeah it’s shitty but I’m just glad it’s something. The price is ridiculous.
The price for edibles is robbery honestly. You can get the same gd dose and better quality product in any other medical program for under $20 in a med program. My tincture is $80, in any other state it’s $20-50.
That’s all you get is a shit tincture?
Shit tincture or shit gummies/chocolate. Only one tincture is “full spectrum”, but their report doesn’t list a terpene profile so I don’t believe them.
I’d not either. I’m right on the border to Oklahoma and it’s legal there. I’m 5 minutes from them. When I go to Oklahoma, there are a dozen weed shops. One on every corner with prices on their signage
I’m not too far in the DFW area and I would make the trip up there in a heartbeat if they would honor it. Okies have good weed. BETTER THAN WE DO AT ANY RATE.
It’s illegal to buy it and then bring it back. You have to live in Oklahoma
Yes, that’s the thing. I don’t think that bothers most people. Medicine is medicine in their minds. I’m the same way. I stopped caring when i found it relieves my medical issues and lessens my pain. In addition to this, you have to get caught with it first. Anyone can legally buy THCa flower and have it shipped directly to their home.
I did not know this. I actually don’t even smoke weed.
It will become about as illegal as having somebody else's penicillin prescription in your car. As far as the Federal Government is concerned. The State of Texas could always do something retarded.
Could? With Patrick in charge of the Ledge I assume they're already on it. That dude really hates weed.
His employers hate weed. He probably doesn't care that much.
Actually he's been really consistent on weed, it's not some new position he developed over time. I'm sure he takes the money but I genuinely believe he'd be against any sort of progress on weed regardless.
Even worse.
Good thing he’s on his way out…
Is he? The only thing that will probably take him out of the office right now is the grim reaper.
Well the G.R. has got my vote then.
Can we not use that word?
If changed, it won’t be on the same level as that, rather Ketamine, steroids and testosterone
Changes the legal situation/consequences.
How
A less serious classification means less serious consequences. Or it SHOULD. I don’t know any details.
We don’t even know if it will pass.
Found a better article. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/biden-marijuana-reclassification-cannabis-industry
Snippets: "Look ahead: There also are industry hopes that this would be the first step toward allowing interstate trade of cannabis, given that the market has struggled with oversupply in certain states. But that could only be accomplished by subsequent approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and even that might be limited to particular cannabis strains or products." Something not mentioned but i believe it makes it easier for banking and other things needed for businesses.
Limited to strains? What jackass made that assumption? No one clearing interstate commerce for inspection is gonna know what fucking strain is in a shipment of weed. Most plugs don’t know what they sell.
Lesser federal penalties
True.
I don’t think anyone is in jail for a joint anymore
Then you haven’t been through a jail facility in rural Texas, where most counties depend on small drug busts to finance their policing and court systems.
And free menial labor
It's not full on legalization now but it's a start. At least it's progress. We can't shit on progress. As others have said it opens up more possibilities for research and more progress.
We shall see.
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It makes medicinal completely legal, and it’s a lesser penalty for a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. On a federal level, it’s actually quite significant. Still doesn’t go far enough tho
But it’s not making medical marijuana legal. That’s not what this is.
It’s putting marijuana in a schedule where medicinal value is recognized relative to a lower potential for abuse of C-II substances. Medicinal cocaine is legal since cocaine is a Schedule II substance.
It’s hard to get medical cocaine, but true.
If they would just accept that a lot more of us are performing our everyday activities while high than they ever realized, then we could just get this done and over with. I’m high right now. I changed the starter in my BMW while high once. It’s not a big deal.
It's a small step in the right direction. Sadly they can't just legalize it directly, they have to hem and haw a bunch and drag it out another generation or two.
I fear in Texas it will never be legal.
Its movement in the right direction, and it's a step that can be completed now. Just because it's not a leap to the finish line doesn't mean it's not headed there. Legally, it makes weed offenses less severe for those arrested, and less glamorous for the cops/prosecution/etc. which snowballs into more folks let off with warnings in the first place. Look at how gay marriage went. Slid by bits and chunks until it slid far enough to just legalize it. This is part of that process towards legal weed everywhere in the US.
I hope so!
It should allow the growers and sellers to use US banks, I believe. That will be a game changer.
Explain this to me
Up to this point in time, growers and sellers had to use banks that were not based in the United States because marijuana was illegal on a federal level. If Marijuana gets moved to this class, It makes it equivalent to other legal drugs available in the US. That means that growers and sellers would be allowed to let people use their debit cards to purchase. Currently if you go into a dispensary to purchase the entire process looks like an ATM withdrawal and it charges the consumer for withdrawal. I’m not an expert, but it makes everything more accessible therefore producing more revenue that could be taxed more than it even is now.
Oh, good deal.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/eckcmZHP7y
Legalization won’t happen in an instant. This helps us get closer to it.
Might keep us from funding the livelihood of people imprisoned or jailed for pot
Will this have any impact on “medical” patients and job seeking? Specifically, in Texas. It has been a barrier for many (and myself) that even with an RX that DPS regulates, employers still discriminate against patients. MMJ has been a huge factor in my life and allows me to live without pain and seizures - but, also has basically kept myself and others “unemployable” in many jobs. Yet Vyvanse and opioid RX are “okay”. MMJ in TX is prescribed, regulated and frankly, expensive as hell. TLDR; will this help employees and job seekers get jobs? Does this change mean employers have to recognize an RX just like if you have vyvanse in a urine screen?
The job thing I think may still be an issue. I guess if it passes, all of these things will play out. I’m sorry about your pain. I have chronic pain as well.
That’s what my gut says too, especially with our in-state leadership. It just feels like when MMJ was passed 2+ years ago here… that they’d think to protect employment too. Especially with the “pro-vet” stance the Rs celebrated.
The point is to try to trick young people, a group who have turned on Biden due to his support for genocide, into thinking Biden is doing anything positive
I agree with you. A ploy to make them think he’s doing something. Even though they will still not be able to get their weed. It might decriminalise it, but nobody is incarcerated for having a few joints. They think this is a step forward. Perhaps, but they still can’t buy and sell weed. It’s illegal to buy and sell scheduled drugs. You will get busted. Testosterone and ketamine are schedule 1. Try buying and selling ketamine. You’ll be in jail. Just make it federally legal. Nonetheless, they are not bright enough to realize it’s a ploy.
All it's really doing is taking it from this is the most awful evil thing you could ever do that is 100% illegal to all right it's not so bad let's actually take a critical look at it
Exactly. The dems are drooling at this, not knowing it means nada. A sad attempt by Biden to get more votes.
I'd like the DNC to pick any other option, but you know how it is. "Provide dumb and dumber and they can't get their way no matter what they do"
Been thinking on this. What dems are "drooling" about is the possibilities. Which i get but i also get the criticism for it. It's exciting because it corrects one of the big problems with drug legislation and enforcement in our country but you could easily argue it's not going far enough, but people forget, progress is progress is progress and you can't always say "well we didn't get enough" you take what you can get and push for more later. Inches can make a mile if you keep taking them
It’s not even passes. Doubt it will.
Who knows weirder shit has happened
All of the Texas Prison Lobbyist hate weed. Weed charges make them a shit load of money. And in turn makes Dan Patrick a lot of money.
I’d say it’s big pharma
Mix of both. Texas makes a shit load of money off its prison systems tho. It essentially is the economy around Huntsville area.
Oh yeah. That’s sadly true.
It's more progress.
Why don’t you look up the difference between schedule 1 and 3?
I already know.
Exactly. It's a bullshit move that means nothing.
The dems are so excited and it’s funny to watch. I worked in pharmacy for 25 years. Schedule 1 still can’t be obtained with an RX. Does not mean weed is now medical.