UN votes to remove cannabis from strictest schedule

[bimbi284]

My colleagues in Vienna were watching this vote live so I found out at 5 am local time - the UN votes to remove cannabis from schedule 4 (strictest level) to schedule 1 (least strict, acknowledges medicinal values). This is pretty big considering the US Congress is set to vote on the MORE act to legalize cannabis this week.
www.marijuanamoment.net/united-nations-removes-marijuana-from-most-strict-global-drug-category-with-u-s-support/

If you’d like to encourage your Congress person to support the MORE act, you can do so here:
secure.everyaction.com/-VrSUrPbIU2VKcDCBSOFIQ2

[bimbi284]

[pixy0stix]

I didn't realize the US was voting to legalize this week.

ETA link: www.forbes.com/sites/nikkifrias/2020/11/30/congress-set-to-a-vote-on-more-act-the-first-week-of-december/?sh=4a4854843fdb

[bimbi284]

Dec 2, 2020 9:53:46 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I didn't realize the US was voting to legalize this week.

ETA link: www.forbes.com/sites/nikkifrias/2020/11/30/congress-set-to-a-vote-on-more-act-the-first-week-of-december/?sh=4a4854843fdb

Yes. Likely on Friday.

[jamaicam]

Yes! We are thrilled here!

One of the big issues that our medical cannabis industry faces is banking - no banks are willing to touch them due to Federal law in the US and all the corresponding agreements. Hopefully this is the start of that easing up.

[bimbi284]

Here's a press release from IDPC that gets into some of the nuance of this and the related votes that weren't passed.

idpc.net/media/press-releases/2020/12/un-green-lights-medicinal-cannabis-but-fails-to-challenge-colonial-legacy-of-its-prohibition

[basilosaurus]

It's about damn time!

[bimbi284]

MORE Act floor debate is wrapping up, the vote should be soon. www.c-span.org/video/?506855-1/us-house-debates-federal-decriminalization-marijuana&live=&fbclid=IwAR2dwpJYwmPPqNi2aoZr2bk6E_RayBmIql6krZxbKEWZCvsvFwH-zbn3vzg

[bimbi284]

Vote on MORE act happening now

[bimbi284]

www.vice.com/en/article/wx8xgw/the-house-just-voted-to-decriminalize-weed-cannabis-marijuana

[bimbi284]

It passed! Now to see whether the senate will ever vote on it

Dec 4, 2020 12:56:11 GMT -5 bimbi284 said:

www.vice.com/en/article/wx8xgw/the-house-just-voted-to-decriminalize-weed-cannabis-marijuana

[basilosaurus]

Passes the dutchie to the left hand side.

Thailand just allowed for medical use last year. However it's hard to find any. My psychiatrist is the only one authorized in the state, and he only has cbd oil. He has a whole host of benzos in his office though. I'd rather not take klonopin but I also don't want to live with regular sneak panic attacks