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RFK Jr. Calls for Federal Legalization of Marijuana; Let States Decide Own Laws
Breitbart ^ | 06/25/2023 | Joel B Pollack

Posted on 06/25/2023 11:36:58 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Democratic presidential challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Sunday for the federal legalization of marijuana, arguing that states should be allowed to decide their own pot laws without federal interference.

Politicians have taken steps toward legalization in recent years, though even under President Barack Obama — an admitted former marijuana enthusiast — federal law considered pot illegal, creating tension with states.

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KEYWORDS: federal; marijuana; rfk; states
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To: mewzilla

“We need to have a national standard for stoned behind the wheel.”

Yes it’s high time the issue is taken care of.


21 posted on 06/25/2023 12:07:33 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The ugly secret is 4473 gives .gov
Reasonable Cause.


22 posted on 06/25/2023 12:08:41 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

this guy is coming..


23 posted on 06/25/2023 12:26:24 PM PDT by mylife (I was a sort of country boy, a cockeyed optimist, wrapped in international intrigue and espionage)
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To: rktman

Meh. What he says, and what he’d do....


24 posted on 06/25/2023 12:27:39 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: hdbc

“So, if you believe legalization is a mistake, does that mean you support putting people in jail for possession of a plant?...”

The Coca 🌿 is a plant or part thereof.
By your reasoning the importation, wholesaling, retailing and use of coca leaves should be A OK.
Where do we draw the line?


25 posted on 06/25/2023 12:29:37 PM PDT by oldvirginian (When the Devil saw me on my knees with my head down he thought he'd won, until he heard me say Amen )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Which one of the Sunday shows was he on?


26 posted on 06/25/2023 12:29:52 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is Jr. a drug user like the rest of the family?


27 posted on 06/25/2023 12:29:53 PM PDT by chopperk ( C)
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To: guinness4strength

Well,it’s more important to fit in...soooo..fire one up!


28 posted on 06/25/2023 12:31:44 PM PDT by Leep (What skill or service did the biden family have that netted them tens of millions of dollars?)
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To: chopperk

His voice may be a result of partaking of the weed. Google it


29 posted on 06/25/2023 12:32:55 PM PDT by Leep (What skill or service did the biden family have that netted them tens of millions of dollars?)
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To: guinness4strength

Glad to be one of those old people, who as a younger person was against the legalization of pot, and at almost 76, still is. I don’t drink, and I’ve never smoked. It’s the main reason I’ve outlived everyone in my family. Nobody made it to 75.


30 posted on 06/25/2023 12:44:27 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Another thing I agree with Bobby on. Theist is growing. Pretty soon there might be a Kennedy flag out front.

I don’t think pot should be legal, it’s gross. But I agree with states rights more than my own opinions about stuff.


31 posted on 06/25/2023 12:47:32 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Bad idea.
But I'm open to compromise, if the marijuana in question is pure, no added fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, PCP or other illegal drugs, I could go along with legalization.
Also no hindrance for employers to fire people when they fail a drug test.
No Stoners' Rights.

32 posted on 06/25/2023 12:47:35 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: chopperk
Is Jr. a drug user like the rest of the family?

Well if he's a pot head, he does a damn good job of keeping off the couch, eating Doritos etc, as the stereotype goes.


33 posted on 06/25/2023 1:03:04 PM PDT by Pollard ( >>> The Great Rest is already underway! <<<)
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To: oldvirginian

That’s what this whole debate is about, where do we draw lines with drug legalization.

Do we have any standards at all, or are we just libertarian on all drugs? There are quite a few libertarians on Free Republic, maybe they will chime in.


34 posted on 06/25/2023 1:14:58 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The war on “WEED” has been LOST!

Too late to put it back in the jar.

Step up enforcement of DUI (including weed). Public intoxication (including for weed).

Its like forcing gun laws on law abiding citizens instead of enforcing tough sentencing for criminals who use guns.

ass-backwards Bizarro World.


35 posted on 06/25/2023 1:18:51 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Going after the Libertarian vote.


36 posted on 06/25/2023 1:19:46 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’s not exactly the first one to suggest this. Even the Trump admin was open to this idea.


37 posted on 06/25/2023 1:38:04 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

ANYTHING that takes power out of Fed.gov hands and gives it to states is welcome


38 posted on 06/25/2023 1:48:40 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The best way to inhibit marijuana is to legalize industrial hemp. Hemp has no THC, and its pollen can “ruin” a female marijuana plant. It either lowers the amount of THC in its resin, or the female plant no longer makes resin entirely having been fertilized.

But what of the hemp? It is ridiculously useful for everything from high quality, silk-like material for clothes, to high quality non-acid treated paper the lasts many times longer than wood pulp paper, to other uses for wood pulp, and it has a high temperature oil that is edible.

Growing it is a cinch. It will grow in marginal farmland unsuitable for crops, requires little watering, fertilizer or pesticide.

What’s not to like?


39 posted on 06/25/2023 2:06:39 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let the states decide... on pot, NOT killing babies...


40 posted on 06/25/2023 2:35:06 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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