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:
Donald Trump Closer To Clinching Nomination After Super Tuesday
Trump Back On The Ballot In Colorado
Why Oregon's Going From Drug Decriminalization To Recriminalization
How Wall Street Ruined Your (and the MLB's) Wardrobe
Over 100 Palestinians Killed While Collecting Aid
Mitch McConnell Is Stepping Down
Another Shutdown Looms Thanks To Far-Right Conservatives
Could Facebook Abandon Florida and Texas?
Why Michigan’s Muslim and Arab Voters Are Uncommitted to Biden
How We Got Here: How Christian Nationalists Took Over the GOP
Russia Withholds Alexei Navalny's Body From His Family
Fertility Treatments Threatened In Post-Roe Alabama
How The Ed Department Fumbled The FAFSA Revamp
Mapping Out A New Wisconsin And Beyond
How We Got Here: How Lead Poisoning Rewired America
Trump’s Week of Legal Woes
How Dems Can Play To Win
Republicans Impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas
Pennsylvania’s House Special
Replacing The Con In Congress
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