Posted on 01/20/2021 9:27:53 AM PST by NobleFree
A bill that would legalize recreational adult use of marijuana was presented and discussed in a Virginia General Assembly subcommittee Tuesday morning.
If the bill passes, recreational marijuana could be legal in the commonwealth in two years.
"The prohibition of cannabis in the commonwealth and in our country has failed, and with this bill is a step forward in recognizing that in a responsible way," said state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D), who sponsors the bill.
The bill would legalize possession and use for anyone 21 and older and allow people to grow up to two mature marijuana plants at home for personal use.
Marijuana edibles could be sold, too, which pulmonologist Dr. Jim Avery says attracts teens and could result in addiction.
“This is the exact same playbook that big tobacco did years ago: Hook 'em when they're young and you get a customer for life," he said.
There's also concern about enforcing laws against driving under the influence of marijuana.
"Arrests are made based solely on the observations of the officer and are very subjective,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said. “This makes DUI enforcement and keeping our roads safe all the more difficult."
Gov. Ralph Northam supports legalization and a 21% tax on marijuana products, which is on the lower end of what other states with legal marijuana use.
The tax revenue would support education and communities disproportionately impacted by prohibition, which Virginia's bipartisan policy audit and review commission found significantly affects Black and Hispanic Virginians more than whites.
“There are five principles embedded in the bill,” Ebbin said. “They include social, racial and economic equity; public health protections for young people; upholding our clean indoor air act; and data collection so that we can make sure that things are happening properly and adjust them if they're not.”
The full General Assembly could vote on legalizing marijuana as early as next month. Then it would head to the governor, who says marijuana is a cash crop that rivals tobacco.
Why not. A lot of states have.
The democrats want a lazy compliant population. Narcotics work for them.
You can grow two plants?? Pay your neighbors 10 buck and clean up...LOL
Drugs, free stimulus checks, free debt cancelations, free universal income , free get out of prison pass,, free bail, free education, free free free. Dems can’t win any other way than either to cheat or buy votes with other peoples money, or flooding the country with illegal voters or all of the above.
I think they want the money as well.
If legal alcohol hasn't made the population lazy and compliant, neither will legal marijuana.
Exactly. Drug em up give em “free crap” and its over, no more republican office holders because there are too many “gimme dat” voters now
“I think they want the money as well.”
Not money, power. They can print money. They just have to keep the population stoned enough to not notice it is worthless.
Sorry, I'm not seeing the business model here.
Nobody's proposing that marijuana be free.
I never said that
I have everything ready to grow
Nobody's proposing that marijuana be free.
I never said that
So what was your point in prepending "drugs" to a long list of "free" programs?
Let em get drugged up, give sm free crap. My post after that first one you quoted made that clear
Whereas teens have no interest in smoked marijuana? LMAO!
And anyway, selling to teens would remain illegal - as is the case with alcohol and tobacco, whose sellers more often refuse to sell to minors than sellers of illegal drugs.
and could result in addiction. Edibles are more addictive than smoked marijuana? Sounds fishy.
We already let them get drugged up on alcohol - but any increase in docility is less harm than was enriching criminals with a prohibition.
Marijuana edibles could be sold, too, which pulmonologist Dr. Jim Avery says attracts teens
Whereas teens have no interest in smoked marijuana? LMAO!
And anyway, selling to teens would remain illegal - as is the case with alcohol and tobacco, whose sellers more often refuse to sell to minors than sellers of illegal drugs.
and could result in addiction.
Edibles are more addictive than smoked marijuana? Sounds fishy.
I’ll pass on the drugs, but my attitude has definitely changed toward this newfound sh/thole country in terms of what I can get out of it. All of the slugs that helped install your government do it, so I might as well get mine. Let them figure out someone else to pay for it all.
I have been advocating “Going Gault +” since Rudy’s hair melted on TV.
I am now willing and happy to take any form of welfare I can qualify for by hook or crook. I am not only not contributing to society, I am feeding off the carcass.
Burn it down
Burn it to the ground
Burn the ground
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