Posted on 11/10/2018 3:20:06 PM PST by NobleFree
Marijuana legalization had a very good election night on Tuesday.
The big news came from Michigan, which became the first state in the Midwest to legalize cannabis for recreational purposes. And it appears to have won by a fairly big margin: With 87 percent of precincts reporting, the “yes” vote got 56 percent of the vote — topping the “no” vote by 12 percentage points.
There were also a couple of medical marijuana victories in Missouri and Utah. Both states went Republican in state races (particularly the Senate), yet they still showed solid support for legalizing medical pot. The winning measure in Missouri got 66 percent of the vote, and the initiative in Utah is so far, with 95 percent of precincts reporting, at 53 percent.
The one bit of bad news for legal marijuana came from North Dakota, where voters rejected an initiative that would have legalized cannabis for recreational purposes. That measure got less than 41 percent support.
But the North Dakota loss was widely expected. North Dakota is very conservative; it was always very unlikely to fully legalize pot before, say, liberal New York and New Jersey. The measure’s chances were likely lowered further because it was very unusual: It would have legalized selling pot without any regulations, leaving it to the state’s lawmakers to quickly enact rules instead. Typically, marijuana legalization measures at least set up a regulatory framework for sales.
In short, marijuana legalization got three major wins and an expected loss on Tuesday.
Beyond the midterm elections, 2018 has been a big year for marijuana legalization. This year, California opened the world’s biggest legal marijuana market, Vermont legalized marijuana possession (becoming the first state to do so through its legislature), and Canada became the world’s first wealthy nation to fully legalize pot.
After Election Day, 10 states have legalized marijuana for recreational and medical uses, and 22 others have legalized only for medical purposes.
The intent to sell amount is so small in many cases that yes... people did time for ‘intent’ but never sold a joint.
The Puritan-prohibition POV expressed on this thread is the epitome of why conservatives haven’t long since won over Joe Normal.
Be like me and vape only a micro-dose (probably 3mg or less). Helps me sleep and/or feel much better for a few hours. Not high by any means. Just from feeling poor to feeling “normal”.
LOL :)
I went to jail for possession of less than 7 grams.
So I guess I am NOBODY!
I vote straight R in Florida and he tells me to go to Hell.
So? Are you going? I get told to go there all the time. I don’t go, I just ignore them.
I don’t think so. Nixon made it a schedule one drug by EO, ironically after his own blue ribbon commission recommended federal legalization. Trump could remove it.
“Medical” was a foot in the door. Voting on “recreational” brought more Dims to vote (this time).
Kiosks with free marijuana, couches, crunchies, at public parks on election day.
Marijuana will make submission to Islam and or invading hordes much more tolerable.
Yes..if they are doing massive quantities of booze several times a day..everyday.
So,we agree?
To be clear I was agreeing that any heavily used intoxicant will make submission to Islam and or invading hordes much easier.
Legal or not.
So this AG could deschedule it and the next could put it back on the list?
And Amendments IX and X say any powers not granted to the FedGov, the FedGov doesn’t get. It took a Constitutional amendment to ban alcohol, what’s so different about hemp/marijuana (or ANY other drug) that the FedGov doesn’t need an amendment to get involved in? What power do they have to legally pass the Controlled Substances Act?
I don’t know!
That decision is up to The Big Guy upstairs.
Intoxicants to keep the people easily controlled. This is what happens when people don’t read. SOMA, pot, what’s the difference...
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