Posted on 09/06/2023 3:02:53 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards, NC-11, has introduced the Stop Pot Act, which would withhold federal funding from states and tribes that allow the use of recreational marijuana.
NC congressman introduces 'Stop Pot Act' to curb recreational marijuana legalization
The bill calls for withholding 10 percent of federal highway funds from areas that violate federal law under the Controlled Substances Act, which prohibits recreational marijuana and classifies it as a Schedule I drug.
Edwards released the following statement:
"The laws of any government should not infringe on the overall laws of our nation, and federal funds should not be awarded to jurisdictions that willfully ignore federal law. During a time when our communities are seeing unprecedented crime, drug addiction, and mental illness, the Stop Pot Act will help prevent even greater access to drugs and ease the strain placed on our local law enforcement and mental health professionals who are already stretched thin."
The bill does not apply to places that authorize medical marijuana use when prescribed by a licensed medical professional.
Edwards' bill comes as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is set for a referendum election next week that has a question about whether to legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana on tribal lands.
If the EBCI's referendum passes, the Qualla Boundary will be the only place in North Carolina to buy marijuana legally for recreational use.
“Secret” clearances are fairly universal in the USN. Even USPS carries “Secret” snailmail.
‘Curious where that NSGA was located.
As to difficulty, my USN Dad was strafing, bombing, depth-charging and torpedoing the Japanese in the SW Pacific as an officer.
I was a mere enlistee, whose many addresses and personal referrals were questioned, then even THEIR neighbors were checked!
Odd that Trump is chastised for his bone-spurs deferment by zoned-out tokers; Yet, no one faces more personal danger THAN Trump.
“the Founders weren’t smoking weed”
And they didn’t give the federal government any power over smoking weed.
“None of my peer-aged tokers are alive today.”
All of mine are.
1) First thing every morning, some volunteer would pick up the birds who were killed from its operation.
2) See where twin young teens were lured from next door with Marijuana? Purchased for “personal” use, I guess...
2) See where twin young teens were lured from next door with Marijuana? Purchased for “personal” use, I guess...
Why did you include me in the comment? I have no clue what you are talking about.
If you were talking about giant rotating log periodic direction finding antennas of the NSGA killing birds... ?
“See where twin young teens were lured from next door with Marijuana?”
Marijuana was widespread and usable as a lure before legalization.
Should we ban everything with which teens can be lured?
“Should we ban everything with which teens can be lured?”
SOME teens can be lured by drugs. Parents whose teens lack the discipline to resist such lures are likely to face their loss to even more tantalizing drugs. 150 young people die every day. (CDC).
Fentanyl has joined the long cavalcade of increasingly common teen-killers. It is found mixed with the Marijuana sold on the illicit market.
The “legal” market has displayed how fungible the Marijuana market truly is.
Government, once again, has predictably proven how incompetent Government-directed economics truly are.
All those words but no answer to the question.
“That our people are being destroyed by the use of ganga, there can be no doubt”. (1932)
What happens when Marijuana acquires the strength of opiates?
“The Canadian government thought that by legalizing pot they could corner the market and make hundreds of millions in tax revenue... That’s how they sold the concept to the public.. We’ll make hundreds of millions that you won’t have to pay in taxes.
Only problem is... They thought black-market prices would persist... They were wrong. The black-market adjusted and has undercut the legal market to the point where the legal sale of pot is a money loser.”
So, while we follow Jamaica to greatness, the return on [Noblefree’s] legalized pot is a losing concept.
“when Marijuana acquires the strength of opiates”
What does this even mean? Opiates and cannabinoids have different effects regardless of concentration.
“the return on [Noblefree’s] legalized pot is a losing concept.”
Opposite - legalization’s lowering the price is exactly what I always predicted and a big part of the reason I support legalization.
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