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Topic: States Rights, anyone?
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Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 01, 2017 03:36 AM
  
It seems the disastrously unsuccessful war on drugs is about to be ramped up.. regardless of states moving in the opposite direction with great results
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/white-house-marijuana-donald-trump-pot/index.html IP: Logged |
Dee
Moderator Posts: 3922
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 01, 2017 03:59 AM
It's been legal here in Maine, and from what I observed most of the people use it to get high, not for medical reasons.IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 80709
From: From a galaxy, far, far away...
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 01, 2017 05:01 AM
It's not legal if it's still against federal law.IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 01, 2017 01:05 PM
The use of prescription painkillers has dropped off in states where its fully legal.The pretense thst persecuting pot smokers helps prevent opioid addiction is bogus. The assertion thst "no good people smoke it" is verging on evil.And the attempt to deprive many states of the tax revenues they are enjoying may hasten a change in federal law. Legal pot does not progress to harder drugs.. it prevents same by taking people out of the cartel market.. which also brings down crime. Great thinking WH IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 01, 2017 01:06 PM
But again
What about states rights and a slimmer fed?IP: Logged |
teasel
Knowflake Posts: 10120
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posted June 01, 2017 04:06 PM
I have a few friends who depend on it for pain management, and know a LOT more acquaintance-wise, who use it to help bad stomach conditions (that set off a whole host of other problems). IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 03, 2017 03:28 AM
Recreational use causes far fewer problems than alcohol to the body and the public at large. Keeping it criminal just keeps prisons in business. It has been admitted by members of the Nixon admin that the war on drugs was s tool for criminalizing blacks and hippies (antiestablishment youth) Keeping it criminal aids the pharmaceutical industry AND the drug cartels. Legalization has its problems too but appears to have a beneficial effect on crime figures and certainly doesn't lead to harder drugs for 99% of users. So what is the point of ramping up the federal criminalization? IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 03, 2017 03:37 AM
And what about states rights? IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 80709
From: From a galaxy, far, far away...
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 07, 2017 09:51 PM
States' rights don't supersede federal powers. IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 08, 2017 12:30 AM
But what is the point? IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 80709
From: From a galaxy, far, far away...
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posted June 08, 2017 10:24 AM
The point is that states have rights where the federal government isn't granted power. IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 4219
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted June 11, 2017 06:25 PM
Looks like going to SCOTUS then.. I am not alone in my question/pov
http://realfarmacy.com/federal-cannabis-court/ IP: Logged |
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