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The DEA is part of the "Biden Administration". One part of the administration- HHS, has made a recomendation to another part, the DEA.

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Yeah I mean if Biden actually cared about it he could issue an executive order and have it rescheduled tomorrow whether the DEA wanted to or not. this is just a performative act. He is the chief executive ultimately its his decision to leave it as is of to reschedule it. if he doesn't then it means he doesn't care and anything less is just a performance for votes

> if Biden actually cared about it he could issue an executive order

The guy is President, not king. He's supposed to delegate those sorts of policy decisions to experts. Ruling by consensus, not fiat, is a _good thing_. It's like having a change advisory board or code review process vet changes before they get deployed in production.

The bit about performing for votes is a circular argument with no way to refute it. You could say the same thing about any elected official.

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