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:
Supreme Court Rules Against Texas' Border Razor Wire
DeSantis Discontinued
Fani Willis Fights Back Against Misconduct Claims
Gaza Gets Crucial Medicine Delivery
The Push For More Ukraine Aid
Iowa's Participation Awards Go To...
Caucusing Up A Storm
Explaining Iowa's Raucous Caucus
Israel Goes On Trial For Genocide
Trump's Unappealing Appeal
Florida Man Gets Fired
Boeing Troubles Take Off
NYC Sues Over Migrant Buses
Abortion Rights And Texas Wrongs
Trump's Maine Squeeze
And WAD's Person Of The Year Is...
The Difference Between Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Optimism? In This Economy?!
The Golden Globe Standard
All's Well That Ends Sickle Cell
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