Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approve recreational use of marijuana
how does a Trump administration affect this positive move toward legalization nationwide or even for the states that have legalized ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
I think people expecting AG Giuliani to leave all the blue states with legal weed alone are delusional. If I owned a dispensary I'd be looking for a buyer.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
is it worth the political capital to go after this when it appears the genie is already out of the bottle ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
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
― marcos, Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
xp i kind of agree. 20% of the country now lives in states w/ legal weed right? that's a lot
― marcos, Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
oh i guess af of an hour or so ago add Maine to that list
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
The complete legalization of possession/etc. presumably will stick around for individuals because that's so far beyond the feds' purview.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
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
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Maybe they won't interfere out of fear of being states' rights hypocrites but that never stopped the GOP on abortion or marriage equality.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
TRUE! damn it
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 10 November 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
oh well rip legalization
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
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."
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
Sessions is the AG and probably the most hard line anti-pot person that he could have chosen
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
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), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
ive kind of lost any confidence in my ability to see where any of this is gonna go
― marcos, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
if nothing else, you can be assured that those states will absolutely put up a fight
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
― 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
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
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.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 18 November 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
look, you're wrong. about weed. as a topic. it might be wise to stop opining about it, because you're wrong.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Friday, 18 November 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
...
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 18 November 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
agree w/ joan - though there is a certain element of 'nobody knows wtf this admin will actually do' when it comes to anything
― iatee, Friday, 18 November 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
*that last word up there was supposed to be California not Colorado
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 18 November 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/975/text
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
MARIHUANA
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTUx1zsQHfo
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:50 (seven years ago) link
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
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
http://www.fox4now.com/news/us-marijuana-jobs-set-to-outpace-manufacturing
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
canadian legislation around legalization expected to be announced next month
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
job-killing is what Trump is all about
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
“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
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
I totally murdered that pizza the other night
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
and btw it's a really good thing young people aren't currently smoking pot
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
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.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
How did those jazz musicians rape all those white women when they only had dirt weed to smoke?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link
Watching stoner Trump fans deal with the statements of the past week has been fascinating.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:45 (seven years ago) link
something tells me trump would be fine w/ legalization but that's not happening w/ sessions around
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
it is weird though, it's kind of become a bipartisan issue, there could be sufficient pushback
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51046/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=20108
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 2 March 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
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
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 2 March 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminenthttp://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/jeff-sessions-marijuana-crackdown-senators-react-235616
no shit - you're about to be out of a job
― Mordy, Friday, 3 March 2017 03:48 (seven years ago) link
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
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/support-for-marijuana-legalization-at-all-time-high/
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
He he, so high
― niels, Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78FfdBX-U3M
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/25/philly-mayor-touts-legal-weed-wake-massive-pot-par/
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link