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.
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Hut, Hut, No Hike
Not Guilty, Not Buying It
When It Arraigns, It Pours
Another Day, Another Indictment
Trump, Indicted (Again)
Down With Stand Your Ground
Flooding On Ukraine's Front Line
We Won't Build This City
Default Averted
Labor Rights And SCOTUS Wrongs
The Grand Old Parade of Losers
McCarthy, Come Get Your Party
Our Healthy News Diet Starts Tomorrow
Remembering the PI in AAPI
DeSantis DeSucks
One Year After Uvalde
The Kids Are Queer, Here, And Won't Disappear
Fly Like The G-7
How Queer and Trans Authors Are Fighting Book Bans
The Limit Does Exist
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