FiveA to Ohio@midwest.social · 8 months agoOhio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do soapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkOhio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do soapnews.comFiveA to Ohio@midwest.social · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squarew2tpmf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoMJ 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.
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.