Posted on 11/04/2017 10:01:41 PM PDT by free_life
For the very first time in history the United States Government will have to answer to the judiciary about the scheduling of cannabis and its unconstitutionality. Jeff Sessions, the DEA, and the DOJ will all have to stand trial according to the judge overseeing their case. This is the first time that a trial to legalize cannabis has proceeded past the normal attempts at dismissal. All of the defendants will have to get recorded depositions. This is great news for the plaintiffs in the case which include Army combat veteran, Jose Belen, former NFL player Marvin Washington, 11 year old Alexiss Bortell who uses cannabis to treat her epilepsy, Jagger Cotte. The developments are also welcome news for cannabis advocates around the country. If this lawsuit is successful, it would mean the scheduling of cannabis will be ruled unconstitutional and completely de scheduled federally. Some of the best quotes from the 80+ page filing in federal court can be found below.
Despite the relatively recent stigmatization of cannabis in the United States as a supposed ‘gateway drug’ used primarily by ‘hippies’ and minorities, there is a long and rich history of people from virtually every part of the world using cannabis for medical, industrial, spiritual, and recreational purposes,” the suit reads. “Indeed, those who have cultivated, encouraged the cultivation of, and/or used cannabis include, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama — an assortment of the most intelligent and accomplished statesmen in American history.”
Jose’s treatment providers at the Veterans Administration informed Jose that they are unable to prescribe medical cannabis because it is illegal under the CSA,” reads the suit, referring to Belen, the military veteran.
“We are seeking a ‘declaration’ to that effect, and also a permanent injunction restraining enforcement of the CSA as written, as it pertains to cannabis,” said Lauren Rudick, one of the plaintiffs attorneys. “The classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug deprives individuals of basic constitutional rights, including Due Process and the fundamental right to travel. Some of these individuals, such as Alexis Bortell and Jagger Cotte (both plaintiffs in the action) are patients who seek cannabis as a means of life-saving medication. The government has a federal patent on cannabis, and has recognized the medical efficacy of cannabis in a variety of ways, yet Sessions is trying to reverse policy on cannabis use and contend that it has no medical use. It’s hypocritical.”
One thing is for sure, Jeff Sessions and the federal government will not go down without a fight.
Our neighbors to the north in Canada only had their rights recognized after challenging medical marijuana as a right through the courts. It appears this is how the Jeff Sessions legacy is about to be written. Instead of doing the right thing, his Justice Department will be forced to recognize the rights through the court system.
I also do not agree that it should be Schedule 1, and am no fan of the DEA or local kops for whom the war on pot is a big payday.
I agree in full with the posts below from Vette6387:
“:I am not in favor of full legalization of marijuana. But I have thought for a long time now that classifying marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug was preposterous.”
"For the record, I am about as anti-recreational drug use a person as can be found. Last year, at my wife’s insistence, since she suffers greatly from back pain asked me to attend a discussion on the medicinal uses of the various constituent compounds contained in Cannabis. The people who put on the program were both medical and non-medical people, and there was nothing in their presentation that dealt with smoking marijuana. One of the presenters had long-term issues with remaining a functional person in the face of MS. Now five years later, using tinctures of several of those constituent compounds, and finding out the correct amounts she needed to counteract the effects of the disease, she has managed to craft a protocol that allows her to be completely functional and without pain.
It’s way past time that this sort of medicine is kept from the public. Why people who are treating pain and several kinds of diseases that respond favorably to the compounds contained in Cannabis because of “government interference” is a disgrace. So much to say, there is a lot more to Cannabis than a bunch of wierdies using it to get high. I end up being of the opinion that “The War on Drugs” is something that is largely perpetuated by law enforcement as a means of getting “full employment,” seizure money, and other forfeitures."
24 posted on 11/5/2017, 1:02:40 AM by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
I am also not one of these people who are anti -recreational pot but don't know the first thing about it.
I started smoking pot at 15 and did it almost everyday until I was about 19, then switched to cocaine and did that for about 5 years until I gave up all drugs and now just drink a bit on weekends.
Still have friends from childhood who never stopped smoking, one still has his rusted out 72 Plymouth Satellite parked on his lawn, maybe one of these decades he'll get around to getting rid of it.
Recreational weed use is bad because it causes short term memory loss (everybody) and paranoia (some people), and other negative effects that are currently being documented, particularly in young people that are still developing.
It also hurts many poor who might be motivated to get up and do something but smoke a joint, get lazy, and then wait for their government check to buy more weed, a never ending cycle.
My take is that the more people that are stoned on weed (not medical) the better it is for me and my kids, who will have less competition for high paying jobs.
Not so great for the GDP and the poor though, and I am not in favor of anything that causes people that are already lazy and stupid to become more so.
I’m very sorry you suffer from an obsession, Marvin. I truly hope you get the help you need.
Off to see a movie, Marvin. Get better asap!
I carry no water for laws, against Medical uses of plants!
I worked with a man, who had cancer and he said “ If it would ease my pain, I would eat Horse—it”!
Just a Note:
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Division of Plant Industry (DPI) regulates the planting of cotton in Florida due to boll weevil. These regulations prohibit the noncommercial propagation, planting and growing of any species of Gossypium in Florida except under FDACS special permit (this includes wild cotton). In addition, wild cotton is listed as an endangered plant in Florida and should not be removed from the wild.
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Right about the Constitution! But.
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Plant-Industry/Business-Services/Registrations-and-Certifications/Cotton-Growers-Boll-Weevil-Regulations
Pothead sickman doesn’t do well with the Alinsky technique.
try another, Sickman.
You call anyone “Pothead” who disagrees with you. That’s why I responded with “Drug Nazi”, to illustrate the point, which evidently was not recognized. For the record, let me state I’ve never smoked anything, mj or regular cigarette, and have no desire to do so. But I 1000% support the individual’s right to do so if they choose.
An aside funny story...Many years ago, entering the college dorm for the first time, I remarked: “What is that awful smell?” I was told it was incense, to which I responded “Why would anyone deliberately burn that and have to smell that horrible smell?” Of course, I was thus informed it masked the mj odor. It struck me as yucky then as it does today.
The example you cite to support mj laws, about people dying due to the accident attributed to mj by the person who caused it, makes little sense.
People die from drinking too much alcohol. Do you support Prohibition?
People die from auto accidents. Do you support making cars illegal?
People die from knives. Do you support making knives illegal?
People die from many many causes. Should we make illegal all of them, and live in 100% tyranny?
Or, should we strive to make our society a “deeply religious and moral” one where personal responsibility causes self-discipline.
Recognize that accidents happen in all walks of life, and should not be used as an excuse to replace individual liberty with gov’t tyranny.
Have a blessed day, Marvin. Get well soon!
“I won’t vacation in any State that legalizes weed, too dangerous with all those stoners driving around.”
When cannabis is legal in all 50 states will you just stay at home?
“Lots of ignorant posts in this thread yours wins first place, congratulations.
In tens years it will be as tobacco is today except it doesn’t kill people like tobacco. “
Your post is just as ignorant-——you’ve bought the whole “tobacco kills” nonsense.
Tobacco is no more dangerous than alcohol or pot.
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Ed
A pothead driving his car at me and my family is not “individual liberty”.
Are you kidding me? You still don’t get it? I took the time to explain it to you and this is your response? You’re either nothing more than a troll or one very dangerous tyranny-enabler. I hope you never get anywhere near power or authority.
Ed you are a moron. Your IQ is only rivaled by your shoe size. You are dumber than Antifa. You are dumber than BLM.
Take your jack boots and stick them where the sun don’t shine.
But more importantly, though on "opposite" sides of a political divide, both types of people are interested in running other peoples' lives.
A psychopath with dozens of guns and thousands of rounds of ammo in a hotel room shooting at innocent people on the ground below is not "exercising his right to keep and bear arms."
It is illegal to drive impaired. It is illegal to shoot other human beings. The basic rights questions are separate issues from the safety issues of misuse or abuse. Tyrants and their enablers deliberately conflate them in order to seize power they aren't entitled to.
Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year. Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following: More than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke) 278,544 deaths annually among men (including deaths from secondhand smoke)Dec 1, 2016
An estimated 88,0008 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women8) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. ... In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
Cannabis deaths =0 (though prohibtion of cannabis has caused deaths because of money that can be made and cops raids on people , legal cannabis will end that.
“Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.”
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And how do they know that?
There isn’t a single way to prove it.
Not one.
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Lung cancer and COPD are caused by what pixie dust??
Do you smoke tobacco? Do you make money off tobacco? You ok with your children and grandchildren smoking tobacco? Maybe you could buy them all a pack for Christmas.
I watched two people I loved die of lung cancer and COPD, both smoked cigarettes. Don’t flippin tell me tobacco doesn’t kill, moron.
I’ve watched MANY people that I love die-——and they never had a cigarette in their lives.
Moron.
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People die from auto accidents. Do you support making cars illegal?
People die from knives. Do you support making knives illegal?
Drug Warriors refuse to understand.
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