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Re:Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreatio... by tshaddox on Sunday April 23, 2023 @07:12PM (#35681689)
This is debatable depending on your precise usage of “legal.” Marijuana use, particular when compatible with the Attorney General’s 2013 memo regarding federal enforcement of the CSA, is widely considered to be de facto legal. There’s a reason the terms de facto and de jure exist when discussing jurisprudence.
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Re:Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreatio... by umanwizard on Sunday April 23, 2023 @07:22PM (#35681761)
Indeed. My post is about how de facto and de jure legality have diverged in this particular instance.
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Re:Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreatio... by dragonwriter on Sunday April 23, 2023 @09:43PM (#35682763)
“legal” and “de jure” are synonyms.

Something that is true de facto is true in effect despite not being true legally.

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