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Senators propose bill letting states regulate marijuana after talks with Trump
Washington Examiner ^
| June 7, 2018
Posted on 06/07/2018 9:39:18 AM PDT by deplorableindc
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Lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday aimed at resolving the long-running tension between states that legalized medical and recreational marijuana sales and the federal government, which still deems all use a federal crime.
The bill, offered by Sens. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., comes after President Trump's April assurance to Gardner that he would support reform.
Gardner told reporters at a morning press conference that "I have spoken to the president today and that certainly was part of the conversation."
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: cannabis; colorado; corygardner; elizabethwarren; federalism; gardner; maga; marijuana; pot; tenthamendment; warren; wod
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To: deplorableindc
The underlying message of this is forced legalization.
I’d be all in favor of drug legalization being handled only at the state level. But that’s not what’s happening.
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posted on
06/07/2018 9:41:16 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: deplorableindc; TheStickman; dainbramaged; beaversmom; T-Bone Texan; dljordan; Mama Shawna; ...
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posted on
06/07/2018 9:41:54 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: fwdude
“The underlying message of this is forced legalization.”
It worked for getting the States to implement Martin Luther King Day — or else.
To: fwdude
The underlying message of this is forced legalization.Wrong.
"The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act, or the STATES Act, would change federal law to say that the federal Controlled Substances Act doesn't apply to state regulated markets. It sets a 21-year age requirement for recreational sales, and removes industrial hemp, or low-THC cannabis, from the CSA, making it legal to grow nationwide. It would also ease banking hurdles to state legal pot businesses."
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posted on
06/07/2018 10:02:44 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: deplorableindc
Our President is more of a federalist than some FReepers:
In at least two phone conversations in April, Trump assured Gardner that there would be no crackdown on Colorado's regulated recreational pot market, and that he would support legislation making marijuana federalism permanent. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed Gardner's account.
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posted on
06/07/2018 10:05:14 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: deplorableindc
It should always have been a states issue
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posted on
06/07/2018 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: NobleFree
Elizabeth Warren is in favor. That should tell you everything.
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posted on
06/07/2018 11:16:09 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: fwdude
Elizabeth Warren is in favor. That should tell you everything.Elizabeth Warren breathes air - guess you'd better stop.
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posted on
06/07/2018 11:23:13 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: fwdude
Which parts of this bill do you oppose? "change federal law to say that the federal Controlled Substances Act doesn't apply to state regulated markets. It sets a 21-year age requirement for recreational sales, and removes industrial hemp, or low-THC cannabis, from the CSA, making it legal to grow nationwide. It would also ease banking hurdles to state legal pot businesses."
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posted on
06/07/2018 11:24:26 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: deplorableindc
Maybe the President figures if pot is no longer a federal issue, Sessions will finally do something useful with his time.
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posted on
06/07/2018 11:37:54 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
To: NobleFree
Call me when you can logically differentiate an involuntary, critical bodily function from thought.
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posted on
06/07/2018 11:48:31 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: fwdude
Warren voted for S.J. Res. 28 to stop a duplicative federal catfish inspection program at the Department of Agriculture, which had been cited as wasteful by the Government Accountability Office ten times. Does that mean consevatives should have opposed S.J. Res. 28 and supported the program?
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:00:56 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: deplorableindc
Lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday aimed at resolving the long-running tension between states that legalized medical and recreational marijuana sales and the federal government, which still deems all use a federal crime. Some Americans are such gung ho "law and order" Nanny State authoritarians that they're perfectly wiling to grant the federal government powers which it doesn't legitimately possess under the Constitution—for instance, the power to dictate Contraband Law to the several States, infringe on the Fourth Amendment, and violate the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, to name only a few...
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:03:25 PM PDT
by
sargon
("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
To: sargon
Some Americans are such gung ho "law and order" Nanny State authoritarians that they're perfectly wiling to grant the federal government powers which it doesn't legitimately possess under the ConstitutionEven worse, some of those Nanny Staters have the gall to call themselves "conservatives."
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:05:24 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: NobleFree
Even worse, some of those Nanny Staters have the gall to call themselves "conservatives." Word...
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:07:54 PM PDT
by
sargon
("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
To: deplorableindc
Cannabis should have always been a state issue.
I’d prefer that Fedzilla end the cannabis prohibition federally & leave the matter up to the states.
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:34:28 PM PDT
by
TheStickman
(#MAGA all day every day!)
To: fwdude
“Elizabeth Warren is in favor. That should tell you everything.”
She eats food too. Guess we’d better starve then lol!
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:35:11 PM PDT
by
TheStickman
(#MAGA all day every day!)
To: deplorableindc
I agree. Get the feds out of the marijuana prohibition business and let the states and the people decide whether to legalize pot, or not.
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posted on
06/07/2018 12:59:52 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: TheStickman
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posted on
06/07/2018 1:04:29 PM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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