Cannabis for the Masses
or joint fascism?
It's wacky how many news outlets are bugling that Trump is on the verge of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to III by executive order. Today may really be the day (again).
He can't legally do it.
He can direct the DOJ to resume the process which Biden lamely began, and expedite it, and maybe even cut some corners off of it.
But Trump does not have the authority to reschedule marijuana with a stroke of his golden pen.
Which doesn't mean he won't do it.
It turns out, we all know now, he can legally do whatever he can't legally do.
The astonishing thing is not that Trump might unilaterally semi-pardon cannabis. It’s that we're so collectively whipped by him that even our news purveyors hardly pause to fact-check whether Trump’s plans for pot might be ultra vires (lawyer-speak for beyond authority).
That or we have such bipartisan munchies for legalization that we light up at this little offering of fragrant fascism.
I'm not refusing the gift, I'm just saying…
What if Trump's Grinch-green present is designed to trick us into conceding he's allowed to rule us by fiat? Or just helps to cement that reality?
Maybe I'm conspira-cizing because of the 2/3-legal weed I vaped tonight. Maybe we'll wake up into a series of sunnier tomorrows—if a bit later each day.
After all, what is fascism if not joint sleepiness? 🤪
UPDATE:
Trump in fact directed the DOJ to resume and expedite rescheduling.