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Trump says he is likely to support ending federal ban on marijuana
The Los Angeles Times ^ | June 8th, 2018 | By Evan Halper

Posted on 06/08/2018 10:10:32 AM PDT by Mariner

President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to end the federal ban on marijuana, a major step that would reshape the pot industry and end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown.

Trump’s remarks put him sharply at odds with Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions on the issue. The bill in question, pushed by a bipartisan coalition, would allow states to go forward with legalization unencumbered by threats of federal prosecution.

Trump made his comments to a gaggle of reporters Friday morning just before he boarded a helicopter on his way to the G-7 summit in Canada. His remarks came the day after the bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed their measure.

One of the lead sponsors is Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who is aligned with Trump on several issues but recently has tangled with the administration over the Justice Department’s threatened crackdowns on marijuana.

“I support Sen. Gardner,” Trump said when asked about the bill. “I know exactly what he’s doing. We’re looking at it. But I probably will end up supporting that, yes.”

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cannabis; jeffsessions; maga; magapot; marijuana; medicine; pot; potheads; potmaga; sessions; tenthamendment; trumpwod; warondrugs; weed; wod
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To: Mariner

Love all this WINNING!!!

Cannabis legalization should be decided by the states & not Fedzilla.


201 posted on 06/08/2018 12:55:57 PM PDT by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: Magnum44
there are a great many things we have done as a nation, as a beacon of freedom and hope for a disadvantaged world, that were not defined in the constitution.

If they were not authorized by the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, "we" (the federal government) ought not have done them.

202 posted on 06/08/2018 12:56:01 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: gogeo
So where in the Constitution is the authority to police within-state marijuana matters?

As I said, there are those who believe the Constitution IS a suicide pact.

If legal alcohol didn't kill this country, legal marijuana won't.

203 posted on 06/08/2018 12:57:26 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Jeff Chandler

I’m quite strongly and overtly Christian. I’ve been a strong proponent of legalization for well over a decade (again, I’ve not touched it since 1977). It is a personal freedom and choice thing, which is a common thread throughout the teachings of Christianity.


204 posted on 06/08/2018 12:58:02 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: FranklinsTower
You make some great points Frank. But the problem with comparing weed with some of those other things is that it is a foreign and toxic chemical substance that doesn't elevate society in any way, and actually makes it worse.

Also, I have intimate knowledge of how marijuana can be a gateway drug and how it can lend to the eventual destruction of a person's life and family. How it lends to long term costs in an entire family. All sin is corporate, so to speak.

I am witnessing it right now with a family we know whose two kids are deep into the pot culture because it has been celebrated in the liberal cesspool state that I reside in (for now). It is doing nothing but destroying their ambition, potential and lives by using this “legal” drug on a regular basis.

I am certain that the Founding Fathers wouldn't include this substance as something that illuminates and furthers our freedoms. How does legitimatizing and legalizing pot MAGA? I would argue it does quite the opposite.

205 posted on 06/08/2018 12:58:21 PM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

One is a total rebel, she probably did start with cigarettes and then weed because she could get it from an close older relative who really was the proverbial pot head. She has long since graduated from weed and booze and is into crack, meth, heroin, whatever she can get and is having her fifth addicted baby, which she farms out to relatives to raise. She will sell herself for a hit and live in filth.

The other one from what I have heard from friends and other relatives and just talking to him started with weed. It was his drug of choice for years and he gave it initially to the rebel female relative. He is older than the total rebel but they have taken to running together so if it will get them high they use it. If used cat litter would get them high they would snort, smoke, eat it or inject it at this point. It’s really sad.


206 posted on 06/08/2018 12:59:53 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: robroys woman
a lot of companies did a lot of random drug tests the day after it was legalized, focusing on employees they were looking to get rid of. It is still federally illegal, after all.

It doesn't have to be illegal at any level for employers to test; some employers test for tobacco use.

207 posted on 06/08/2018 1:00:32 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: gogeo
the costs will be huge.

Nonsense. Anyone, poor or not, who before legalization was responsible enough to not use illegal marijuana will after legalization remain responsible enough to not become an addict.

208 posted on 06/08/2018 1:03:42 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Artemis Webb

Took words out of my mouth. We live in an age where we can no longer provide the energy & costs when we are under chronic invasion and children are being sex-slaved. Must prioritize!


209 posted on 06/08/2018 1:03:55 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: sarge83
I'm from a similar generation and have witnessed the same social changes. However, IMO, the key factor in the growing number of homeless, violent drug addicts is the closure of mental institutions.

Some % of the population will always be prone to alcoholism, drug addiction and substance abuse. The mentally ill used to be treated medically in secure facilities, but now they roam the streets.

It's difficult to separate cause from effect. We already have roving bands of drug addicted homeless. It's not the prohibition laws, but other policies that are the cause.

210 posted on 06/08/2018 1:04:57 PM PDT by semantic
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To: Mariner

It’s ok to make a point without insulting the person who doesn’t agree with you.


211 posted on 06/08/2018 1:05:40 PM PDT by Hazwaste (Democrats are like slinkies. Only good for pushing down stairs.)
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To: DouglasKC
This is too much of an issue with the voters Trump most appeals to. In the end despite public pronouncements Trump knows this is going nowhere.

People for whom it's a big issue are in a decided minority; public support for legalization is at or above 60%.

212 posted on 06/08/2018 1:06:24 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

Yeah. That’s the fun part. The already “iffy” empoloyees didn’t realize that just because it’s legal to the state doesn’t mean you can keep your job if you test positive.


213 posted on 06/08/2018 1:07:01 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: 444Flyer
it is a foreign and toxic chemical substance that doesn't elevate society in any way, and actually makes it worse.

Like alcohol and tobacco?

I am certain that the Founding Fathers wouldn't include this substance as something that illuminates and furthers our freedoms.

Would they support leaving the issue up to the states? The Constitution they wrote gives the feds no within-ssttate authority over it.

214 posted on 06/08/2018 1:11:02 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: robroys woman
What I am smelling, along with friends in other communities is foul smelling and many nights you don't want to go out on your front porch for fresh air at night. Let alone let your kids or grandkids out to be exposed to it. So people are forced to stay inside and turn on their air conditioning because some selfish drug user wants to light up and stink up the entire neighborhood.

The irony in it all is that the same radical environmentalists, air pollution alarmists and globull warming fools who scream “clean air!” don't care about how the smell and second hand smoke contents of this ‘legalized’ crap is infringing on the rights of the neighbors of those using this drug. Unfortunately, abusers don't care how their behavior negatively impacts the lives other others.

215 posted on 06/08/2018 1:11:48 PM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3)
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To: NobleFree

“Like alcohol and tobacco?”

That isn’t what is being debated here.:)


216 posted on 06/08/2018 1:13:05 PM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3)
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To: 444Flyer
it is a foreign and toxic chemical substance that doesn't elevate society in any way, and actually makes it worse.

Like alcohol and tobacco?

That isn’t what is being debated here.:)

Now it is ... you opened the door above.

217 posted on 06/08/2018 1:14:20 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Mariner
Now THIS is a marijuana thread. :)
218 posted on 06/08/2018 1:16:10 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
Nope. I wasn't arguing about those, sorry if it came across that way. I wrote "it is". Staying on topic regarding the legalization of marijuana.
219 posted on 06/08/2018 1:20:14 PM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3)
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To: sarge83
One is a total rebel, she probably did start with cigarettes and then weed because she could get it from an close older relative who really was the proverbial pot head...

The other one from what I have heard from friends and other relatives and just talking to him started with weed...

Thanks for sharing.

As you point out, one was a total rebel before touching any drugs. So, the problem isn't really the drugs, but her rebellious nature. And even that is probably just a symptom of some other underlying problem that's driven her to self-destruction.

If the other, older one smokes or drinks, you can be pretty sure these preceded the pot use. They almost always do.

220 posted on 06/08/2018 1:20:58 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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