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:
Strictly Scrutinizing The Ethics Code
The People's Stop Work Order
Joe Manchin Jeopardizes Democratic Control
The GOP In The 305
Abortion Rights Wins Elections
Trump Testified And It Was Chaos
In The Blinken of an Eye
The Push For A Pause
Exit to Egypt
The Tragedy of War, Made Worse
Not On My Ballot
The Global Plea For Peace
A Dark Day For Maine
The Real House Speaker of D.C.
Never Have I Emmer
The War Next Door
The Worst People for the Worst Job
All Talk And No Speaker
An All-Consuming Rage
Biden's High-Wire Act
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