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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 23:39:34 JST Paul Cantrell

   PETER SAGAL: [Under the old classification, marijuana is] as bad as heroin and worse than cocaine, which is, when you think about it, kind of fair. Cocaine has never caused anyone to start a jam band.

   JOSH GONDELMAN: Yeah, but marijuana has never made anyone start a hedge fund.

   https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1249013701/wait-wait-for-may-4-2024-with-not-my-job-guest-lyndon-barrois

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 00:07:42 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Proposed new mandate for FDA: classify drugs according to how likely they are to fuel wealth-concentrating extractive capitalism

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 00:27:49 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Galbinus Caeli 🌯

     @SkipHuffman
     You may have successfully turned my throwaway joke into an actual idea

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     Galbinus Caeli 🌯 (skiphuffman@astrodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 00:27:50 JST Galbinus Caeli 🌯

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     @inthehands Better: let's put that in the hands of the FTC and apply tax rates based on who benefits from the product. If it benefits poor people, low to no taxes, if it benefits rich people, high taxes.

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     Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 00:33:17 JST Jenniferplusplus

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     @inthehands negative schedule, based on the risks of withholding the drug