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by echo419 3004 days ago
This seems to highlight the ever present disparity between culture/society and laws that are on the books, and this is just another expression of it.

Hopefully the FBI has relaxed such standards since this piece was published in 2014, but I doubt it.
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Avery3R 3004 days ago
It's not up to the FBI, it's up to the DEA and FDA. The FBI has to follow federal law and as long as that law says cannabis is a schedule I controlled substance there's nothing they can do about it.
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neaanopri 3004 days ago
Well, obviously the FBI can't encourage its employees to smoke pot, but unless there's a federal regulation on drug testing, the FBI isn't forced to drug test it's employees.
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hungerstrike 3004 days ago
It’s always up to law-enforcement, which laws they want to enforce.

Some laws are harder to enforce than others too. That’s why people drive around my town with really loud engines and the cops never do anything about it.

There are plenty of laws that the FBI does not enforce within the realm of white-collar crime.

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