Lokhu ngokungangabazeki ukunqoba okubalulekile embonini ye-cannabis.
Oqokwe nguMongameli uTrump ku-Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) umqondisi uthe uma kuqinisekisiwe, ukubukeza isiphakamiso sokuphinda kuhlelwe kabusha i-cannabis ngaphansi komthetho wobumbano kuzoba "enye yezinto eziza kuqala kimi," ephawula ukuthi sekuyisikhathi "sokuqhubekela phambili" ngenqubo emisiwe.
Kodwa-ke, uTerrance Cole, umqondisi osanda kuqokwa we-DEA, wenqabile kaningi ukuzibophezela ekusekeleni umthetho othize ohlongozwayo wabaphathi be-Biden wokuthi kuhlelwe kabusha insangu kusukela kuHlelo I kuya kuSheduli III ngaphansi koMthetho Wezinto Ezilawulwayo (CSA). "Uma kuqinisekisiwe, enye yezinto eziza kuqala kimina lapho ngithatha i-DEA kuzoba ukuqonda ukuthi imiphi inqubo yokuphatha," kusho u-Cole etshela uSenator weDemocratic Alliance waseCalifornia u-Alex Padilla ngesikhathi sokuqinisekiswa kwakhe phambi kweKomidi Lezobulungiswa LeSenate. "Angikacaci kahle ngemininingwane, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi inqubo ibambezeleke izikhathi eziningi - sekuyisikhathi sokuqhubekela phambili."
Lapho ebuzwa mayelana nokuma kwakhe esiphakamisweni esithile sokuhambisa insangu kuSheduli III, u-Cole uphendule wathi, "Ngidinga ukufunda kabanzi ngezikhundla zama-ejensi ahlukahlukene, ngifunde isayensi ngemuva kwayo, futhi ngithintane nochwepheshe ukuze ngiqonde ukuthi bakuphi kule nqubo." Ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwecala, u-Cole ubuye watshela uSenator Thom Tillis (R-NC) ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi "iqembu elisebenzayo" kufanele lisungulwe ukubhekana nokunqanyulwa kwemithetho yenhlangano nekahulumeni ye-cannabis ukuze "ihlale ngaphambi kodaba."
USenator u-Tillis uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngesizwe saseMelika eNyakatho ne-Carolina esigunyaza ngokusemthethweni insangu esetshenziswa abantu abadala kuyilapho umbuso ngokwawo ungakakwenzi kube semthethweni ezingeni likahulumeni. "Imithetho yezwe mayelana nensangu esemthethweni neyezokwelapha iyadida ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngicabanga ukuthi isiphumile ekulawuleni," kusho uSenator. "Ekugcineni, ngikholwa ukuthi uhulumeni wobumbano udinga ukudweba umugqa." U-Cole uphendule wathi, "Ngicabanga ukuthi sidinga ukwakha iqembu elisebenzayo ukubhekana nalokhu ngoba sidinga ukuhlala ngaphambi kwakho. Okokuqala, kufanele sixhumane nabameli base-US esifundeni kanye nabameli be-DEA ukuze banikeze impendulo ephelele. Ngokombono wokugcinwa komthetho, kufanele sisungule imihlahlandlela yokulawula ukuze siqinisekise ukulandelwa okufanayo kwemithetho ye-cannabis kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezingu-50."
Uchungechunge lwemibuzo ngesikhathi sokulalelwa aluzange luveze ukuma kokugcina kuka-Cole ngenqubomgomo ye-cannabis noma lunikeze impendulo ecacile yokuthi uzosisingatha kanjani isiphakamiso sokuphinda afakwe esikhundleni sakhe. Kodwa-ke, kukhombisile ukuthi ulucabangisisile udaba njengoba elungiselela ukuthatha indima ebucayi yokuba umlawuli we-DEA.
"Akunandaba ukuthi umuntu uyibheka kanjani imibuzo noma ukuphawula kukaSenator Thom Tillis, iqiniso lokuthi insangu yakhuliswa eKomidini Lezobulungiswa leSenate kusho ukuthi sesinqobile," kusho uDon Murphy, umsunguli we-US Cannabis Coalition, etshela abezindaba. "Sithatha izinyathelo zokuqeda ukuvinjelwa kwenhlangano." U-Cole uke wazwakalisa ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokulimala kwensangu, eyixhumanisa nokwanda kwezingozi zokuzibulala entsheni. Lowo oqokiwe, owachitha iminyaka engu-21 e-DEA, njengamanje usebenza njengoNobhala waseVirginia wezokuPhepha koMphakathi kanye nezokuPhepha Kwezwe (PSHS), lapho omunye wezibopho zakhe kuwukwengamela iCannabis Control Authority (CCA). Ngonyaka odlule, ngemva kokuvakashela ihhovisi le-CCA, u-Cole wabhala ezinkundleni zokuxhumana: “Ngisebenze kwezomthetho iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30, futhi wonke umuntu uyasazi isimo sami ngensangu—ngakho asikho isidingo sokubuza!”
UTrump uqale wakhetha uSheriff Chad Chronister waseFlorida uSheriff Chad Chronister ukuthi ahole i-DEA, kodwa lowo owayengenele ukhetho ngokusemthethweni wakuhoxisa ukuqokwa kwakhe ngoJanuwari ngemuva kokuthi abenzi bomthetho abalandela imithetho becubungule irekhodi lakhe mayelana nokuphepha komphakathi ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID-19.
Mayelana nenqubo yokuhlelwa kabusha kwezigaba, i-DEA isanda kwazisa ijaji lokuphatha ukuthi ukuqulwa kwamacala kusamisiwe—akukho zinyathelo ezengeziwe ezihleliwe njengoba lolu daba selungaphansi kwe-Acting Administrator uDerek Maltz, obize insangu ngokuthi “isidakamizwa esisango” futhi waxhumanisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo nesifo sengqondo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, nakuba ukuvala izindawo zokudayisa insangu ezinelayisense akuyona into eza kuqala ku-DEA, ummeli wase-US usanda kuxwayisa isitolo se-cannabis eWashington, DC mayelana nokwephulwa kwemithetho yenhlangano, ethi, "Amathumbu ami angitshela ukuthi izitolo ze-cannabis akufanele zibe ezindaweni."
Ikomidi lezepolitiki (i-PAC) elisekelwa imboni ye-cannabis liphinde lakhipha uchungechunge lwezikhangiso emasontweni asanda kwedlula ezihlasela irekhodi labaphathi be-Biden ngenqubomgomo ye-cannabis kanye neCanada, igxeka izimangalo ezidukisayo ezivela kubaphathi bangaphambili ngenkathi igomela ukuthi abaphathi bakaTrump bangakwazi ukufeza izinguquko.
Izikhangiso zakamuva zisola uMongameli wangaphambili uJoe Biden kanye ne-DEA yakhe ngokulwa "impi yezwe elijulile" ngokumelene neziguli ze-cannabis yezokwelapha kodwa zehluleka ukusho ukuthi inqubo yokuhlelwa kabusha - amabhizinisi e-cannabis athemba ukuyibona iphothulwa ngaphansi kukaTrump - yaqalwa ngumongameli wangaphambili ngokwakhe.
Njengamanje, inqubo yokuhlelwa kabusha ingaphansi kwesikhalazo sesikhashana ku-DEA mayelana nokuxhumana okuyingxenye phakathi kwe-ejensi nabamelene noshintsho lwenqubomgomo ngesikhathi sokuphatha kwe-Biden. Udaba lusukela ekusingatheni kahle kwe-DEA ukulalelwa kwamajaji omthetho wokuphatha.
Amazwi omholi omusha we-DEA, u-Cole, awuphawu oluhle kakhulu lokuthi abaphathi abasha bangase badlule izikhalazo zesikhashana, ukulalelwa kwamacala okuphatha, kanye nezinye izinqubo ezinzima ukuze bakhiphe ngokuqondile umthetho wokugcina wokuphinda uhlukanise insangu kuSheduli III. Enye yezinzuzo ezinkulu zalolu shintsho kungaba ukususa imikhawulo yekhodi ye-IRS 280E, ukuvumela amabhizinisi ensangu ukuthi adonse izindleko zebhizinisi ezijwayelekile futhi aqhudelane endaweni yokudlala nazo zonke ezinye izimboni ezisemthethweni.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-07-2025