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Could run on legalizing weed and win in a landslide. Unfortunately the best they'll do is campaign on divisive issues like weapon bans
Federally legalizing weed would lose him the old people vote so it’s never going to happen.
Old people trend Republican anyway, and we always talk about getting the youth out to vote but give them so few reasons to do so.
Any old person against weed was never going to support a dem anyways.
Looks like this may already be in the works.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/federal-health-agency-recommends-easing-marijuana-restrictions/
Can Biden unilaterally legalize weed?
I’m in a state with legal weed and like Biden over Trump but if it’s already legal here why is that incentive for me to vote for him. Especially if I was a weed loving Trumper because I “got mine” which seems to be a big theme with those folks.
No, but that's okay, because if there's one thing these four years should have taught people it's that you need more than a 50/50 Senate and a narrow lead you later lose in the House.
You don't need to just elect Biden, you need a Congress not filled with fascists and that's...
Tricky rn. Especially when you start cutting some of the liberals.
There are plenty of reasons why legalizing on the federal level benefits us all, even in legal states. Besides the obvious that the remaining states now have access to legal weed and as such they now generate millions more in tax dollars, removing the controlled dangerous substance designation means the FDA can actually do real testing on cannabis. You won't break any federal crimes for simply driving from your state to a neighboring illegal state, and you can take it on a plane without fear.
I’m on board with federal legalization, I just question both whether Biden could realistically make that promise, and if it would be the single uniting platform point the original commenter claimed.
As a sober alcoholic I think it’s ridiculous how marijuana is treated compared to alcohol in the US, especially given my firsthand experience with both.