Midterms are just weeks away.

Personally, I don’t really care about marijuana, but this should have been done a long time ago…and we shouldn’t be wasting federal resources enforcing marijuana as a Class 1 drug.

It's called politics

Its called desperation, in this case..

I wish weed possession would be decriminalized for the sake of it being a non-violent, victimless crime… but here we are. If it’s being done as a blatant political strategy to win votes, I’m fine with that. Whatever gets it decriminalized and legalized. Fuck the feds.

It's called doing what his party has been asking him to do

He will have a much harder time reversing this in December than the student loan thing.

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They really should change the law before pardoning anyone. This sends a mixed message that it's okay to break the law. Obviously, it's team Biden trying to get every vote they possibly can and has nothing to do with whether or not marijuana should be legalized.

Meanwhile, the prices for things like epi-pens, asthma inhalers, insulin, and narcan are all still insanely high with the pharmas abusing the patent system and the FDA approval process to stifle any attempts at competition. This is where they should focus, not on a recreational drug. Save lives first, entertainment second.

Biden must be getting desperate to actually, possibly, come through with a campaign promise of decriminalizing cannabis. And of course it’s good that he’s removing criminal records over it. I approve.

Wake me up when something passes the bodies that actually create laws like the US House or Senate.

It is long past time that it was federally legal.

Shit, both parties have been asking for legalization. Neither of them have done anything about it where it matters.

Pardoning after a conviction is just blowing the topic a kiss.

> Alright Gov. Sununu, your move. You've been waiting for the Feds to lead, now they have. The least you can do is offer the same pardons for state convictions and charges.

As I recall, Sununu signed HB 399, doing basically the same thing, way back in 2019.

Senile old man does what someone else tells him to do for personal gain. His decision helps less than 20k people while he continues to fuck the entire rest of the country / world. The downvote button is right there.

> I wish weed possession would be decriminalized

New Hampshire decriminalized weed (and pardoned many convictions) years ago.

Sununu signed decriminalization in 2017 and annulment in 2019, so those bills (unlike Biden's gesture here) weren't even done in an election year.

Lick the boots harder bud. They're still oh so dirty.

You got the wrong guy. You took that completely wrong. I'm just saying that the potential good he talks about doing is nothing in the face of all he's fucked up. I think weed should've been legal all along.

I mean it's releasing real people from jail and they're starting the process of rescheduling, I would't exactly call it a kiss more so a viable path towards legalization which is now definitely coming. And sure, the American public on both sides want legalization but Republicans in government would never vote for it.

Hmm, I bet anyone getting ready to walk out of jail would disagree with you.

They licked Desantis' boots until they were completely white!

Don't look at the good thing over here, look at the bad thing over there.

What has he fucked up?

This is why you vote for quality people. Shit actually gets done. Biden dropping his size 9 cock on every Fox News talking head complaining about things that don’t matter lol

Also done right before the midterm elections. Changes little, but pro-legalization polling states will see this in ads…watch. 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽 this old kook

Priorities. It'd be nice to see some.

The voters of both parties to be more accurate

Republican voters overall support legalization however their reps don't, and for many voters it's in no way a swing issue

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Would us lemmings have remembered if he had done it in his first week of office? "What have you done for me lately" mentality is a bitch.

Biden has the authority to change its drug scheduling so why doesn't he do that?

He does not

Its the DEA whom he picks the head of and directs via the DOJ, its not as simple as an executive order but he has the ability to pick leadership who will do as he wishes and re-pick if needed.

Good point, although 399 was narrower in scope and it’s not really decriminalized since you still get fined and can eventually be charged with a misdemeanor.

The real goal is to legalize it and he’s been dragging his feet “cause the feds”

It’s not that simple

There’s a bill that already passed in the house.

Lol imagine complaining about people changing their minds, learning from their mistakes and fixing them when they are in the position to 😂

The only weed bill to get past the house last year was by Abbas(an R)

> And sure, the American public on both sides want legalization but Republicans in government would never vote for it.

Look up who sponsored the legal weed bill that made it out of the NH house last year. Was it a perfect bill-heck no. It was the dumb liquor store model, but Abbas sponsored it and pushed it through.

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He does. It could be changed immediately through executive order. Presidents in the past have had mixed feelings on using executive orders to do so but the power unquestionably exists.

Our Republican governor has vetoed every weed bill he's recieved and Republicans on a national scale will never legalize if they have control of the house/senate/presidency

I love that the best Republicans can do is "wow look at that guy doing things the US people want! Clearly it's just for votes so they can still do the things the population wants". Y'all are pathetic.

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I doubt he's even discovered fire yet.

The inflation reduction act caps insulin at $35 a month for Medicare. You can't do a lot to reign in private business in America all at once and tell private companies they have to sell for only X dollars so Medicare and Medicaid is the first step toward progress. States are pushing for cost caps and as for the FDA while they move slow it is because these are medical products and getting something wrong is many lives. As someone who is regulated by the FDA they can be a pain in the ass but they are needed

More needs to be done but if you are calling someone out at least call them out on it correctly

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Literally changing tens of thousands of lives, directly, right now lol. Y’all are the worst 😂. Someone could cure cancer and y’all would be like “yeah but what about Alzheimer’s huh?”😂

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Reddit is filled with Libs because the republicans are out working their asses off and don’t have time to downvote people on Reddit.

Also, you’re dumb. Biden isn’t doing what people want. People want full legalization. He’s tricked you into thinking the crumbs he’s throwing you are a gourmet meal. Biden hates you. Democrats hate you. Just as much as republicans do. There are no good politicians. You’re a fool If you think otherwise

Hey man, don’t let these losers playing on Reddit get you down. They want anarchy and would be the first ones to cry when they get taken advantage of. I’m with you. 👊🏼

What a sad angry life you live. I feel bad for you.

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I think perhaps you’re just a bit of a twat?

Been in office almost 2 years. Does this right before the midterms.

Straight up dementia patient too

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This is what people like you do. Judge. Even though you don’t want people judging. You think it’s okay as long as you get to do it. Go start a business some time and see how many different taxes you pay…and shitty employees who treat a small business owner like Starbucks. Everyone wants something for nothing and no political party has it right. You demonize those you don’t agree with yet have no understanding of, or willingness to understand. I live a sad life?? Nah, I’m an adult and expect nothing from anyone. What’s your excuse? Your parents messed you up making you think you matter. You don’t. No politician cares about you and if you think Biden did this out of the kindness of his heart, you’re a fool

You must be one of those "tolerant democrats" that we hear so much about.

I’m not. I don’t tolerate conservative twats. We have been far too accepting of cunts in this country. Hence why we got a cunt like Trump in the White House.

Awww. Show me on the Ken doll where they touched you.

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You're so nice. I love you.

There you go. Know your place.

I hope we someday meet.

As do I. I’d be your daddy in a week.

Cost caps aren't a fix. How about we legalize things like albuterol? Asthmatics know what works for them. You can use the same thing for decades but still have to juggle prescriptions and insurance, versus just being able to buy it over the counter.

They shouldn't be able to make a trivial alteration to a medication to extend its patent protection. I've read of cases where they combine two drugs and patent it. How is that useful? If you could take them separately, that's not a new invention or an enhancement to an existing one. That's something that patients would have already been doing on their own, if anything, the patent should be theirs.

Timing is everything. Especially for Democrats and midterms.

Ok snowflake.

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> How about we legalize things like albuterol?

I'd even be OK with the idea that a prescription requirement has a sunset per patient (OK, maybe too much overhead to work). If I've been taking a medication for a decade, I think it's pretty clear that my body tolerates it and that it's having the desired effect. Why do I have to keep getting a prescription for it? Especially those drugs that have no recreational use. Huff all the Albuterol you want, you're not going to get high.

He directed them to examine re-scheduling it. That's about as close as he can get to an order, and I imagine they will probably do it/go through the process to do it.

Lol, do you even know what that means? Go play your video games.

Incel

Yet, here you are...

> Our Republican governor has vetoed every weed bill he's recieved

Bill #s and years so I can look them up on the GC site please

Yup. I’m here. I’m open minded. I don’t claim one side or the other. I think all politicians hate us. I think anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. I think people who play video games and comment on Reddit are losers. I also think Reddit is filled with tons of great information. So go ahead and continue to be a fat, judgemental, lonely human who blames others on Reddit for their lack of happiness. I won’t judge…

You literally said Republicans are busy working and have no time to be on Reddit. Anyone can infer that you think the opposite of Democrats. By posting that, you literally contradicted yourself.

Same. And maybe then I'll start looking at all my sad sad weed stocks again

>biden ends the war in afghanistan

conservatives: no wait, not like that!

>biden pushes for legal marijuana

conservatives: no wait, not like that!

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You have a point about Afghanistan.

Lol he’s not pushing for marijuana legalization. Literally no one is in federal prison for marijuana possession alone. This pardon frees no one. There are people in prison for other things that also have marijuana charges that the feds tacked on.

We probably won’t even see marijuana rescheduled—it’s not within Biden’s power to do so. If we did that would be a big deal.

🤣 As a “Lib” that works full time, has a second job on top of that AND is in college…. I think you’re wrong 🤔🤔