💬 Quoted: "This is going to help to normalize cannabis more than anything that's ever occurred in the US since they started the war on drugs."

• Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland submitted a proposal for White House review that says weed is tight would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. More specifically, the proposal would move marijuana from its current Schedule I status – a category that includes heroin, ecstasy, and LSD – to Schedule III, alongside substances like ketamine, testosterone, and anabolic steroids. While the move wouldn’t federally legalize cannabis for recreational use outright, it would allow marijuana businesses to claim many otherwise ordinary tax deductions, and would also ease many of the current restrictions that prevent US scientists from fully researching marijuana.

💎 Stat of the Day: Forget Super Mario Bros. – a team of scientists recently completed the greatest speedrun in history. South Korean researchers developed a procedure that successfully grew diamonds in roughly 150 minutes, instead of the 1-3 billion years it typically takes the gemstones to form in nature, according to a new study.

🤔 Did You Know? Gotham City, home to Batman and his merry band of arch-nemeses, is canonically located in New Jersey.

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