Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

i think there is some comfort to be found in the fact that legalization now has wider public support. would seem like a weird battle for trump to fight but yea giuliani is fucked

xp i kind of agree. 20% of the country now lives in states w/ legal weed right? that's a lot

What political capital? The states that legalized, by and large, voted for Hillary and the remaining groups that oppose it are firmly in Trump's political base - even if a majority of Americans favors legalization it's a low priority for most and we all know how much influence public opinion has on policy.

He also took a shit-ton of money from Sheldon Adelson (who despises legal weed, even medical) and private prisons (ditto).

I mean, I wouldn't bet either way myself, but if I were involved in the legal weed business I'd be looking for options to get out.

oh i guess af of an hour or so ago add Maine to that list

The complete legalization of possession/etc. presumably will stick around for individuals because that's so far beyond the feds' purview.

Colorado’s burgeoning legal marijuana industry has quickly made gains on the state’s largest industries — including the mighty oil-and-gas sector — and contributed an economic impact of $2.39 billion in 2015, according to research released Tuesday.

that's pretty difficult to just end at this point

That money isn't going to anyone Trump cares about, though. If the Feds step in Colorado can raise all kinds of hell but they don't really have a leg to stand on. The only court case in medical's favor is limited in scope and dependent on a Congressional spending rider. If the GOP's donor class want a crackdown they can get it.

Maybe they won't interfere out of fear of being states' rights hypocrites but that never stopped the GOP on abortion or marriage equality.

TRUE! damn it

oh well rip legalization

I don't consider Trump particularly smart but I do think he's not so dumb as to pick this fight. I could be wrong, and I think Rudy G would love to fuck shit up in this regard, but I think the business side of Trump says "this wouldn't go well for us."

Sessions is the AG and probably the most hard line anti-pot person that he could have chosen

it's difficult for me to imagine the business pres standing by while his AG eradicates the crazy profits in CA, OR & CO...but then again, crazy times.

ive kind of lost any confidence in my ability to see where any of this is gonna go

if nothing else, you can be assured that those states will absolutely put up a fight

it's difficult for me to imagine the business pres standing by while his AG eradicates the crazy profits in CA, OR & CO...but then again, crazy times.

― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi)

as Milo pointed out above those are all solid blue states that he cares little about

yeah idk who knows. people travel from around the country and the world to go to Colorado and smoke weed now. I flew to Denver last month, everybody on the plane talking about weed it seemed. Trump does care about popularity. Weed is very fucking popular.

The feds don't make money from state legalization and on the capitalist side private prisons are worth 5-10x a legal marijuana market that includes Colorado.

look, you're wrong. about weed. as a topic. it might be wise to stop opining about it, because you're wrong.

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agree w/ joan - though there is a certain element of 'nobody knows wtf this admin will actually do' when it comes to anything

*that last word up there was supposed to be California not Colorado

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/975/text

MARIHUANA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTUx1zsQHfo

I thought the Rev spelled it with an H on the album but oh well

https://tomgarrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/garrett-introduces-legislation-remove-marijuana-controlled-substances-list

http://www.fox4now.com/news/us-marijuana-jobs-set-to-outpace-manufacturing

canadian legislation around legalization expected to be announced next month

you'd think this government would accept any major industry growth they could to bolster their claims that they're growing the economy but no, they'd rather go back to their quixotic war against cannabis. geniuses.

job-killing is what Trump is all about

“I don’t think America is going to be a better place when people of all ages, and particularly young people, are smoking pot,” Sessions said. “I believe it’s an unhealthy practice, and current levels of THC in marijuana are very high compared to what they were a few years ago, and we’re seeing real violence around that.”

yeah this platnum kush sure makes me more violent than those regs i used to smoke! wtf this is so fucking stupid

I totally murdered that pizza the other night

and btw it's a really good thing young people aren't currently smoking pot

wtf this is so fucking stupid

fear mongering and out and out lying have been a features of the war on drugs since the beginning. they have no shame about lying. they never did.

How did those jazz musicians rape all those white women when they only had dirt weed to smoke?

Watching stoner Trump fans deal with the statements of the past week has been fascinating.

something tells me trump would be fine w/ legalization but that's not happening w/ sessions around

it is weird though, it's kind of become a bipartisan issue, there could be sufficient pushback

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51046/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=20108

Yeah, that's so hopeless. 2/3 of Republicans wouldn't even vote for the Rohrabacher-Barr budget amendment to protect medical weed from the DEA

Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminent
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/jeff-sessions-marijuana-crackdown-senators-react-235616

no shit - you're about to be out of a job

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/15/two-years-after-the-dea-admitted-marijuana-is-less-dangerous-than-heroin-jeff-sessions-would-like-to-reconsider/?utm_term=.9da9f47c95e2

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/support-for-marijuana-legalization-at-all-time-high/

He he, so high

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78FfdBX-U3M

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/25/philly-mayor-touts-legal-weed-wake-massive-pot-par/

http://www.ktvn.com/story/35376605/recreational-marijuana-to-go-on-sale-in-nevada-this-summer

Vegas would be a terrible place to get too high.

Mouse study caveats and general skepticism about the way medicinal weed gets treated as a cure-all (or 'medicinal' at all), but as someone with a family history of Alzheimer's this is interesting: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uob-cra050817.php