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Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift (apnews.com)
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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also: nothing in existence is 100% “safe”. Anything can kill/harm you. Let’s not be stupidly pedantic.

This if anything is stupidly pedantic. Yes, everybody knows nothing is literally 100% safe, but there's a big difference between claiming cannabis is completely harmless and that eg. water is completely harmless. I really don't understand why people get so incredibly defensive over the idea that maybe the psychoactive drug they're ingesting might possibly have harmful effects. Frankly if anything is stupid it's treating harm reduction as "pedantry"