The Department of Justice took a significant step on Tuesday to downgrade federal restrictions on marijuana. The DOJ submitted a formal recommendation to the White House to reclassify it as a Schedule III drug. It’s a monumental shift in federal drug policy because, for more than 50 years, the U.S. government has considered marijuana to be among the most dangerous drugs, on par with heroin and LSD. Krishna Andavolu, the host and executive producer of the Vice TV show Weediquette, explains what reclassification could mean for businesses, medicine, and criminal justice.
And in headlines: The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial fined the former president $9,000 for violating a gag order, police arrested students that had occupied Hamilton Hall on Columbia University’s campus, and a key federal task force issued new recommendations for women and breast cancer screenings.
Show Notes:
Is a Bird Flu Pandemic Inevitable?
Trump Takes ‘It All In’ At Hush Money Trial
Congress Passes Antisemitism Legislation In Attempt To Quell University Protests
MTG, Mike Johnson, And The Depths Of GOP Chaos
Biden Reiterates “Clear Position” Against Rafah Invasion In Latest Call With Netanyahu
How Unions Won The South
Supreme Court Weighs Immunity In Trump's Jan 6 Case
SCOTUS Hears Trump Immunity Case
Gaza Campus Protests Through the Eyes Of Student Journalists
Inside Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial
How SCOTUS Could Allow Cities To Criminalize Homelessness
Why Tesla is Spiraling Out of Control
The Challenges Of Jury Selection
An Anticlimactic End to Mayorkas Impeachment
Speaker Johnson VS. House Far-Right GOP
Supreme Court Could Help Trump In Jan 6 Obstruction Case
Middle East Tensions At A High After Iran Attacks Israel
The Real Origins of the Student Debt Crisis
DOJ Closes 'The Gun Show Loophole'
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