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Yes it seems like most of these actions are symbolic gestures that never pan out into actual change. Like asking for marijuana to be 'studied' to see if it belongs as Schedule 1 with no medical value while 38 states have approved it for medical use and 24 states have legalized it for recreational use. What the fuck is left to study at this point?
Another example is him pardoning people with federal marijuana possession convictions even though nobody was actually incarcerated for simple possession in the federal prison system.
Seems this shit is all about generating headlines and political brownie points not actually improving anything in our day to day lives.
Pardons aren't just about not being in prison.
From, interestingly enough, the DOJ site about this very topic.
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/presidential-proclamation-marijuana-possession
Personally I like that fewer lives are ruined due to stupid laws.
Those lives have already been ruined. Coming back years later and saying "we messed up" doesn't give these people that time back.
Those stupid laws still exist (as outlined in my second example) and are still used against people today, including seizing their property and refusing to give it back without spending years in costly litigation, all without a single crime having been committed. You're highlighting exactly what's missing here: actual change. He wants the headlines inferring that he's actually taking progressive action without having to actually change anything for the better.
You get it. I wish the rest of these Lemmys did, too.