The president is not intended to have direct control over the DEA or the FDA; the heads of those agencies may be political appointees, but they’re intended and expected to maintain a degree of autonomy. Trump upended decades of precedent by taking direct action over the control of federal agencies. (That’s a bad thing.) That, by the way, is why the ATF ruled that bump stocks were machine guns; Trump told them to do so.
Imo Biden still thinks cannabis is a dangerous gateway drug that’s poisoning the youth.
I would agree with this. There’s pretty solid evidence that pot use by kids and teens causes some pretty serious, lifelong developmental issues. Not a ‘gateway drug’, but it does cause neurological issues when used by adolescents. I don’t think that’s a good reason to keep it illegal for adults though, since kids also abuse alcohol.
The president is not intended to have direct control over the DEA or the FDA; the heads of those agencies may be political appointees, but they’re intended and expected to maintain a degree of autonomy. Trump upended decades of precedent by taking direct action over the control of federal agencies. (That’s a bad thing.) That, by the way, is why the ATF ruled that bump stocks were machine guns; Trump told them to do so.
I would agree with this. There’s pretty solid evidence that pot use by kids and teens causes some pretty serious, lifelong developmental issues. Not a ‘gateway drug’, but it does cause neurological issues when used by adolescents. I don’t think that’s a good reason to keep it illegal for adults though, since kids also abuse alcohol.