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Senators Unveil Bill To Legalize Federal Medical Marijuana
The Daily Caller ^ | March 10, 2015 | Jonah Bennett

Posted on 03/11/2015 4:30:56 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Republican Sen. Rand Paul joined Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand Tuesday to propose legislation to legalize medical marijuana on the federal level.

The bill, termed the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States Act, would move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II, allow access for veterans and put a final stop to federal raids on dispensaries, among other things.

This is the first time a medical marijuana bill has been introduced in the Senate, whereas the House has seen 15 pieces of legislation on marijuana reform in the last session of Congress, according to Marijuana.com.

The move from Schedule I to Schedule II would mean federal regulatory recognition that marijuana has medicinal value, but also high abuse potential.

“This is an absolutely ground-breaking moment,” Leslie Bocskor, managing partner of Electrum Partners, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Whether it passes or not, the fact that it exists is an important step. In proposing to reschedule marijuana, the senators are also acknowledging the pre-existence of the marijuana manufacturing industry by including a provision on financial services and enforcement.”

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To: Arm_Bears
Glad we all worked so hard to elect a Republican majority in the Seanate last year.

Sheesh.

Ted Cruz says leave marijuana to the states =>

“I actually think this is great embodiment of what Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called ‘the laboratories of democracy,'” Cruz said. “If the citizens of Colorado decide they want to go down that road, that’s their prerogative. I don’t agree with it, but that’s their right."

--Ted Cruz at CPAC.

21 posted on 03/11/2015 5:20:00 PM PDT by Ken H (DILLIGAF)
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To: Ken H

And legalization is working out so well for Colorado.


22 posted on 03/11/2015 5:25:29 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I am sick to death of the MJ issue.
People have used MJ for 6,000 years or more.
In the US it only became an issue when “refer madness” was produced, which by the way only had to do with “negro music and white women enjoying it, 1930s or so., before that no one cared.


23 posted on 03/11/2015 5:29:02 PM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: Star Traveler

Maybe you should actually learn about the benefits


24 posted on 03/11/2015 5:30:16 PM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: bravo whiskey

That is a HUGE issue


25 posted on 03/11/2015 5:30:49 PM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: svcw

I’ve seen all the “benefits” I need to, unfortunately. I haven’t been hidden away in a cave, so there have been way too many POTHEADS demonstrating the “benefits” to me ... LOL ...


26 posted on 03/11/2015 5:37:35 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Arm_Bears
And legalization is working out so well for Colorado

So do you agree with Ted Cruz (and the Tenth Amendment) that Colorado should make that decision rather than fedgov?

27 posted on 03/11/2015 5:39:42 PM PDT by Ken H (DILLIGAF)
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To: Ken H

I do—It’s well past time for the states need to tell the FedGov to pi$$ off.


28 posted on 03/11/2015 5:41:49 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: Ken H

Cruz is right, 100%.
The more we can get the fedgov OUT of, the better off we are.


29 posted on 03/11/2015 5:42:00 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: svcw

All the common and known vices in the world have been around for 6,000 years ... that doesn’t mean much ... LOL ...


30 posted on 03/11/2015 5:42:33 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: muir_redwoods

In time, it would expand. I hate to think how many more DUMBED-DOWN VOTERS the Democrats would be getting. That’s probably the plan, anyway ... “Make them POTHEADS and compliant! We’ll never lose another election!”


31 posted on 03/11/2015 5:45:26 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

I know that THC can help many remedies, I do NOT want to be high I WANT to be pain free, there ARE strains that can accomplish that.
It is the “no matter what what everyone wants to be high” people are blocking my ability to be pain free.


32 posted on 03/11/2015 5:59:24 PM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: svcw

Get the active ingredient in capsule, pill or liquid form, get it dispensed at a doctor’s office and go there every month if you need to. I know others who deal with pain and they have prescription pain medication and they get a prescription each month. That’s fine being medically managed with that kind of methodology.


33 posted on 03/11/2015 6:02:31 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Maybe, I just don’t think so. Portugal legalized iall drugs a few years ago and there was a bump but usage is actually down.


34 posted on 03/11/2015 6:06:05 PM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: muir_redwoods

Maybe the Portuguese have more self-control ... but here in the USA ... it will be a “killer” just like it’s turning out to be in Colorado.


35 posted on 03/11/2015 6:09:59 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

From my cold dead hands! ;-)


36 posted on 03/11/2015 6:12:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: TigersEye

Keep it in your house ... and I’ll make sure I don’t accidentally drive down your street ... LOL ...


37 posted on 03/11/2015 6:15:28 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Bring it! I’m always home.


38 posted on 03/11/2015 6:18:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Star Traveler

You clearly do not live in CO, and you seem to fall for more BS stories than the liberal masses who follow the MSM. “Vast majority of driving while impaired cases”? Not even close to being true.


39 posted on 03/11/2015 6:24:01 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: TigersEye

No, no ... you got the wrong idea ... I want to STAY OFF the POTHEAD’S streets who have guns ... LOL ...


40 posted on 03/11/2015 6:33:45 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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