NEWS Legalization is Closer Than We Think, Hopefully

[WildBill]

could be that it is smuggled across the border from Mexico where it is controlled by the murderous cartels who like to murder innocent people and cut off their heads.

Why is it hard to understand why Trump doesn't want legalization on the ballot this year? You posted the video above, did you bother to even watch it? It explains why, it boosts Democrat turnout.

My state had it on the ballot in 2018, republicans throughout the state voted for it as did democrats. But we also ended up with a nutcase female Democrat governor and her communist leaning Lesbian Attorney General. She quickly became the most hated woman in the state and is despised nationwide for her stupid actions during the Coronavirus. She has earned her name of WHitler.

Only Pelosi exceeds her stupidity!

 

[Doug58]

Trump is NOT against federal legalization.

When Sessions was AG he decided to go after states that legalized marijuana, Trump shut him down immediately. Anyone seeing raids on dispensaries? Federal government shutting down commercial growers licensed in states which have legalized weed? I haven't.

The former Michigan AG that ran for governor in 2018 spent years harassing medical marijuana caregivers and sending them to prison, he opposed legalization and also opposed Trump being elected. During a rally in Michigan that AG showed up for Trump to endorse him. Trump did so by telling the crowd Schuette refused to endorse Trump in 2016, that he was a Bush, then Rubio, then anybody but Trump supporter. Schuette, who opposed legalization in the state lost the election.

That is what Trump meant by not wanting Republicans to put marijuana legalization on their state ballots in 2020.

 

[WildBill]

When Sessions was AG he decided to go after states that legalized marijuana, Trump shut him down immediately. Anyone seeing raids on dispensaries? Federal government shutting down commercial growers licensed in states which have legalized weed? I haven't.

The former Michigan AG that ran for governor in 2018 spent years harassing medical marijuana caregivers and sending them to prison, he opposed legalization and also opposed Trump being elected. During a rally in Michigan that AG showed up for Trump to endorse him. Trump did so by telling the crowd Schuette refused to endorse Trump in 2016, that he was a Bush, then Rubio, then anybody but Trump supporter. Schuette, who opposed legalization in the state lost the election.

That is what Trump meant by not wanting Republicans to put marijuana legalization on their state ballots in 2020.

Sessions was a stupid nomination in so many ways.

 

[Sour D]

But then there's this:

House lawmakers today began preparing for a September floor vote on legislation – The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act a/k/a The MORE Act -- to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act. The forthcoming vote would mark the first time since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, which placed cannabis in the same category as heroin as a Schedule I controlled substance, that a Congressional chamber has voted to remove marijuana from its prohibitive classification. Passage of The MORE Act is essential in order to truly right the wrongs of federal marijuana criminalization, and to once and for all allow the majority of states that have legalized cannabis for either medical or adult-use to embrace these policies free from the threat of undue federal prosecution or interference. Since the bill’s introduction last year, NORML has been a leader in the federal lobbying efforts in support of The MORE Act. To date, NORML members have sent over 100,000 messages to Congress in support of the Act’s passage. But we cannot let up now. Not when we are this close. Send a message to your lawmakers demanding that they VOTE YES. A House floor vote will put our federal lawmakers on record. We will know who stands with the majority of Americans in supporting an end to the failed federal policy of marijuana prohibition, and equally importantly, we will know in Congress wishes to continue to threaten the freedom and liberty of the millions of Americans who reside in states that have enacted common-sense alternatives to cannabis criminalization. For context, last November, members of the House Judiciary Committee advanced the House version of The MORE Act, marking the first time in history that federal lawmakers have moved forward legislation to remove (a/k/a deschedule) cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). NORML believes that comprehensive federal marijuana policy reform is only possible via descheduling marijuana rather than by rescheduling it. Just as alcohol is not included in the CSA, thereby leaving states to be the primary regulators of their own alcohol policies, NORML maintains that cannabis should similarly be descheduled. The Act would also make several other important changes to federal policy. For example, it permits physicians affiliated with the Veterans Administration for the first time to make medical marijuana recommendations to qualifying veterans who reside in legal states, and it incentivizes states to move ahead with expungement policies that will end the stigma and lost opportunities suffered by those with past, low-level cannabis convictions. If approved, The MORE Act also allows the Small Business Administration to support entrepreneurs and businesses as they seek to gain a foothold in this emerging industry. This is too good of an opportunity for us to fail. We need you to be on record with your lawmakers demanding that they represent you by VOTING YES on the MORE Act. For 50 years NORML has made the case to end prohibition. For the first time, a chamber of Congress is ready listen. So speak up and send a message now. Thanks for all you do, NORML

 

[WildBill]

Hopefully the retards of either side will leave this bill on it's own as a "clean" bill and not attach it to other legislation.

 

[Jpkindbud]

Not retards! Mentally challenged... learning disabled... or just don’t give a fork... or... IGNORANT!

 

[MR magoo]

remember. laws can go any way depending on who is elected, in five years someone could make cannabis Illegal again.
in Holland there laws did a 180. so can ours. therefore i don't give a rats ass what ANY politician says. i will do as i please , as i have since 1963.
and i bet most of you will too!

 

[Sour D]

Hopefully the retards of either side will leave this bill on it's own as a "clean" bill and not attach it to other legislation.

You mean like giving a billion $$ to study the reproductive habits of bees?

 

[MR magoo]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ntrolled-substances/ar-BB18u9Ar?ocid=msedgdhp
here you go.

 

[WildBill]

You mean like giving a billion $$ to study the reproductive habits of bees?

Just one example. While a worthwhile study, not that much funding, it's not important to the bill at hand.
I do see one problem with the House bill. It provides funding of programs for those incarcerated by the cannabis laws in the past. It is a good and right thing to do, but in a later and separate bill. Both parties just love to do this bullshit!