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Ohio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do so (apnews.com)

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He stated a now ongoing process to reschedule it. It's been reviewed and recommended to be rescheduled.
He's not a king, he can't arbitrarily change or repeal laws without involving the rest of the bureaucracy. What exactly do you think he can do unilaterally? And before you say "Executive order", That's not how it works

[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

MJ being on the schedule 1 list is not a law.

The Controlled Substance Act, the relevant law, does not specifically name it.

It specifies substances with no medical use go on the Schedule 1 list.

The Attorney General under Nixon ordered it to be placed there with no factual relation to it meeting the criteria.

The President absolutely could sign an order for the AG to retract that order on the basis of it not being a legal order to begin with.