Posted on 08/30/2020 2:38:12 PM PDT by familyop
The bill also would establish a fund for people impacted by drugs, impose a 5% tax on legal marijuana sales, and establish a process to expunge certain convictions and review sentences related to past federal marijuana offenses...Clyburn, D-S.C., told members that the vote is expected to take place in the September work period...According to an American Civil Liberties Union report earlier this year, Black Americans are 3.64 time more likely than White Americans to be arrested for marijuana possession...
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You’re such a blatant leftist. I think the democrats are probably too rightwing for you.
You’re such a blatant leftist. I think the democrats are probably too rightwing for you.
What a feeble retort. I'm embarrassed for you.
You’re not a conservative.
... while everybody is closed....
You are exactly correct. The dems are going to push it to the Senate as a campaign issue. Trump did openly say it was a state issue. This is the perfect time to remove it from the Senate.
Not to mention that if the President deschedules it, we skip the Rats’ tax, the fund, and the sentence reviews. More winning!
This would be akin to the prison reform. He could even announce it as a minority issue.
Now that’s thinking like a democrat!
Labels.... Schmabels.... Sticks ‘n stones, as it were. I don’t toe the line for anyone. Abortion, cut and dried. Pot, opinions vary and not worth rendering the issue to the dems at this critical time.
“not worth rendering the issue to the dems at this critical time.”
Some of these FR nanny-statists seem to think Reefer Madness was a documentary.
Heck, why not take abortion away from the dems too? Support it fully and you’ll probably gain more votes than you’ll lose. Millennials and the left are united for abortion. If you’re going to go into the ‘legalizing evils to votes’, might as well go big.
Yeah, just keep everyone drugged up so they won’t notice how the commies are screwing them out of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
“keep everyone drugged up”
Abusers keep themselves drugged up - even when marijuana is illegal.
Rapists rape, even when illegal. I told you guys, go big and chase the abortion crowd. They agree with 99% of what you do, if not more.
Pretty sure Oregon has kept the dispensaries open.
“essential”
34% of rape cases are solved (https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearances); that’s assuredly 1000s of times more than the drug “crimes” that even become known to the authorities - because a drug “crime” has no victim but only willing participants.
Doesn’t matter. Legalization for either means more activity/use. Drug crimes involve the entire family, probably moreso than most rapes. Nothing is more destructive now in this country than leftism and substance abuse.
34% solving is terrible. Might as well say those that didn’t were all ‘willing participants’ with your logic.
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