Now we have fat slobs in our elementary schools.
Posted on 06/08/2018 10:10:32 AM PDT by Mariner
President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to end the federal ban on marijuana, a major step that would reshape the pot industry and end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown.
Trump’s remarks put him sharply at odds with Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions on the issue. The bill in question, pushed by a bipartisan coalition, would allow states to go forward with legalization unencumbered by threats of federal prosecution.
Trump made his comments to a gaggle of reporters Friday morning just before he boarded a helicopter on his way to the G-7 summit in Canada. His remarks came the day after the bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed their measure.
One of the lead sponsors is Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who is aligned with Trump on several issues but recently has tangled with the administration over the Justice Department’s threatened crackdowns on marijuana.
“I support Sen. Gardner,” Trump said when asked about the bill. “I know exactly what he’s doing. We’re looking at it. But I probably will end up supporting that, yes.”
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Unless you’re a passive impotent checked out , this is horrible news.
I live in state where this poison is legal. Family neighborhoods are taking on the smell of skunk $*I! in the evenings. The smell is sickening to the stomach. But no one is talking about that.
Changing marijuana from a Tier 1 drug to anything lower would open a lot of the medicinal benefits legally across the country.
“You can’t build a republic with potheads as your citizenry.”
You could make the same argument about alcoholics. I don’t think booze has destroyed this country. It’s certainly wrecked lives, but not to the extent where its destroying the republic.
Not everyone is an instant addict when they consume a drug. Yes, some will abuse the drug. However, I think removing the criminal stigma associated with marijuana will be better for the country in the long run. Jailing people over this drug is nonsense and a waste of money.
Now we have fat slobs in our elementary schools.
No, man, I’m Dave!
Post of the day. Thanks.
” A real and definable threat to our ability to produce enough scientist, engineers, etc to support our maintaining a lead in high tech, dual use, technology would be an example, but that’s not clearly enough by itself. You also have to have the human resources capable of fielding an army, air force, and navy. You also have to the human resources to man critical field of medicine, industry, etc, etc. In other words a society of drunks and drug addicted youth wont work.”
I’m with semantic on this.
At what point does a nation cross the line with compulsory behavior? Should we mandate diet and exercise?
Should we compel adherence to particular religious precepts?
Are they not at least as responsible for the health and capability of the human resource pool from which the state draws?
Is not liberty a factor?
Is it 4:20 yet?
Here’s the dirty little secret about pot. Pot smokers are like alcohol drinkers. Just as all alcohol drinkers are not living on the street, not all pot smokers are pot heads like Cheech and Chong - or worse.
They are just like you and me. I have a lot of professional friends in Seattle that have been pot smokers for decades, and hold down very high level jobs, just as there are those that drink alcohol and yet are very successful.
But both have their social fallout.
All I know is I got hooked on these drugs and now I'm as high as a kite....they're called, "Placebos".
It’s always 4:20 somewhere.
If a state wants to legalize meth, heroin and other such obviously bad substances they would be committing political as well as population suicide. Thus, I don’t really see that happening.
IMHO, pot is far less harmful than alcohol and the so called gateway drug argument is for the simple minded. I know of many who smoked pot in their younger years and now are upstanding responsible citizens — I would prefer this path than alcoholism which we all know is a life destroyer.
God Bless!
If life were as simple as you seem to think it is, no one would ever disagree about anything.
“they’re called, “Placebos”. “
LOL. Dude ... try some dihydrogen monoxide ... works great with placebos.
There it was, gone!
And, the legislature has acted -- though not in ways most would like.
The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, (RBA) previously known as the the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment (RFA) is an amendment to the annual appropriations bill that prohibits the Department of Justice from using federal funds to interfere with state-legal medical marijuana programs.
On Jan. 12, 2018, a bipartisan group of 69 members sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to include the McClintock-Polis amendment in the appropriations bill as well. Introduced by Reps. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.), its language is similar the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment’s, but it would also protect legal state recreational cannabis programs.
As has been said, be careful for what you wish for -- you just might get it.
Moronials will ban marijuana and smash their bongs and vaporizers in protest
I live in the mountains of southeast Kentucky and have watched the scourge of illegal drugs destroy families and lives. I have a couple of relatives who are what I call lost souls. Each day you hear they haven’t been found dead is by the grace of God with them. They both started with weed.
BTW, I now live in south central KY. I love it but one of the differences I notice between here and my old home, Seattle, is that all classes mix in these small communities. I get to see first hand the ravages of drug abuse in my neighborhood. My wife was a “big sister” to a 12 year old girl living with her grandmother. Her mom was a meth head off and on, and her husband was too. Naturally marijuana and alcohol were also part of their lives, but not so much alcohol because it’s a dry county.
The mother finally died of a drug overdose just a little over a year ago. The girl is now 16, the grandmother is in a mental institution and the girls older sister was housing her but now wants her out due to all the lying and drug abuse (probably marijuana). We may find ourselves washing our hands of the girl. We’ve worked very hard to be an example couple and teach her about life and personal success (relationships, not money) and it simply did not sink in. We will not risk our grandchildren by bringing her into our home.
We tried that a couple of decades ago and it was an unmitigated disaster. You don’t bring a coyote pup in with your domesticated litter. And at the end of the day, that is what this is.
Drugs are like money. They are a tool. They can be used for good or for evil. Mild ones can be put in the hands of the general population in the name of personal responsibility. This includes things like Alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and marijuana. The government should not be involved in the use of such drugs other than to tax them as they do everything else.
Not at all. Sessions has taken the position that if you don’t like the law, then change the law. Don’t simply ignore the law as the previous administration did.
Reckless driving is reckless driving, regardless of the cause.
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