And I live there.
Posted on 02/09/2019 8:31:16 AM PST by tkocur
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill on Friday to decriminalize marijuana and allow for it to be taxed and regulated. The bill is titled S. 420, in a reference to marijuana culture.
The proposal, identical to a bill in the House, aims to ease the longstanding conflict between states where cannabis is legal in some form and the U.S. government, which categorizes marijuana as a dangerous illegal drug, similar to LSD or heroin. The American Civil Liberties Union estimates that around half of all drug arrests are for marijuana possession.
Many politicians have framed legalization as a criminal justice issue, as African Americans are more likely to be arrested on marijuana-related charges than whites.
"The federal prohibition of marijuana is wrong, plain and simple," Wyden, a Democrat, said in a statement. "Too many lives have been wasted, and too many economic opportunities have been missed."
It remains unclear if Wyden's bill would have a chance at clearing the Republican-controlled Senate.
Baltimore's top prosecutor seeks to right "extraordinary wrong" with pot convictions petition
The Democratic majority in the House appears more open to considering proposals to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. The chamber has set a hearing next week on a bill intended to make banking services more widely available for pot companies.
A proposal similar to Wyden's previously languished in the Senate and House. However, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat carrying the current bill in the House, said voters have "elected the most pro-cannabis Congress in American history."
"It's tough to see how things will shake out, but there is a very serious chance cannabis policy reform will move in the Senate," said Morgan Fox of the National Cannabis Industry Association.
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Attach the 20 billion for the wall on this bill.......
Stay in school!
But will President Trump VETO it?
If not for Trump our country would be figuratively going to pot. It still may be literally, thanks to the Dim potheads.
Probably not, given that he knows that fake news and an outright defiance of the rule of law lies at the heart of it being illegal in the first place.
Priorities, right Sen. Wyden?
one of America’s greatest problems is the potheads of the 60’s and 70’s are running the country....
I blame a lot of the idiocy on the Beatles....
No!
Doesn’t smoking pot co tribute to global warming?
Keep ‘em high and they’ll vote for you, right Ronnie boy?
Many politicians have framed legalization as a criminal justice issue, as African Americans are more likely to be arrested on marijuana-related charges than whites.
Yeah, because we know both smoke and DEAL at an equal rate
Ronnie who is a Senator from Oregon...LIVES IN NEW YORK
“But will President Trump VETO it?”
No.
He says it’s up to States to decide. That’s what this bill does.
He’ll sign it.
I suspect they don't want free and legal cannabis either!
I do too. If you only hit Portland it would be fine.
I thought they were going to concentrate on Impeachment.
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