Posted on 03/28/2022 4:24:10 AM PDT by RandFan
The House is poised to pass legislation this week that would legalize marijuana, just the latest example of the swiftly changing attitudes on drug laws that marks a near reversal from the Reagan-era “war on drugs” that also reverberated through the 1990s.
The bill legalizing marijuana has near-uniform support among Democrats and a top ally in Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.), who has been aiming to introduce a similar measure this spring.
And it’s just one of several pieces of legislation that underlines the shift in Congress’s attitude — a change that has come about in part because of the way past drug laws have disproportionately hit minority communities.
At least 37 states, four territories and the District of Columbia allow cannabis products for medical use, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Cannabis is also allowed for nonmedical use in 18 states, two territories and the nation’s capital.
Schumer has also been soliciting input from colleagues ahead of introducing a marijuana legalization bill, which he previously said could come this spring.
Cannabis industry advocates, meanwhile, have been urging lawmakers to pass the SAFE Banking Act to allow marijuana businesses to use banking services, since it is more likely to secure bipartisan support.
The legislation set for a House vote, titled the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, would eliminate criminal penalties associated with marijuana.
It would further establish a process to expunge the convictions of nonviolent marijuana offenders and fund programs to help communities negatively impacted by the war on drugs by imposing a federal tax on marijuana sales.
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With this, the totally breakdown of society will be complete. Then it’s just wait a generation and go full Fascist or Communist.
Beverly = even.
Idiots. America is imploding and we want to make dope even more accessible.
Well, at least the FR liberTardian fools will be happy. /s
This article starts with a glaring error. The "War on Drugs" started in June 1971 during the Nixon presidency.
Now there will be even more open entry level jobs and half the fries made at McDonald’s will never make it to the drive thru window.
They need to help their buddies Bayer and Dow, who intend to grow MJ.
“So how much fertilizer is going to be wasted growing dope when it is needed to grow food?”
Good point. But they will likely want to use the fertilizer to grow corn for ethanol.
It’s a weed - do you fertilize yours?
The government lost BILLION$ in revenue from their attacks on Big Tobacco.
They are just trying to increase their tax revenue by legalizing Big Marijuana.
Good.
Its about damn time.
The whole anti MJ is ludicrous.
I tried it once or twice. Eh,...no big deal. Messes up your short term memory for an hour or two is all. Not my thing.
Nothing more than a shot or two of bourbon and bourbon is legal last time I checked.
Its all so utterly stupid.
Has the roadside test for ‘driving while stoned’ been invented yet?
Not that I’m aware of.
The thinking, as such, must be that if the populace is high, perhaps they won’t notice the gas or food prices.
it won’t work. Get high, get the munchies. “Hey man, this bag of Doritos is like $12. What’s up with that!”
In truth it might as well be legal, even in the state I live in where it’s still illegal, the penalties were recently reduced to make it a low-grade misdemeanor punishable with a small fine. Also it was made a low priority for enforcement, so pretty much the only way you’d get slapped with a ticket is if you walk by a cop while smoking a joint and blow smoke in his face.
Sure we do - its called blood alcohol level - and it closely approximates the impact on driving skills.
We are moving much more toward “Brave New World” than to “1984”. But Orwell has plenty of insight.
Do they pile on the PORK before it gets sent to the Senate or is there a period where both the House and Senate get to pile on before sending it to the White House to be signed into lawlessness.
We don’t have that for THC.
Don’t think it’s why pot is so stinky, but I read where you should bury a dead fish under each plant and that is all the fertilizer they need. For crying out loud it’s just a weed.
The only impairment is a temporary lowering of IQ points, about 8 to 10, so I agree if you think pot makes you too retarded to drive then best take the bus!
Someday we may see studies showing those ‘impaired’ pot drivers are actually among the safest types on the road.
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