• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    The president can do that, but states are still allowed to have their own drug laws. States can’t make something illegal if there is a federal law saying it’s legal. States can make something illegal if there is no federal law regarding it. It’s why states can make abortion laws since there’s no federal abortion law.

    Descheduling cannabis is essentially the same thing as having no federal law and letting the states decide. It’s not the same as legalization.

    • BobGnarley@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      But there’s a federal law that says marijuana is illegal and states are deciding on its own legality anyway.