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Post by bullfrog on Apr 20, 2024 14:01:38 GMT -5
All that will do is make it legal in D.C. and U.S. territories. The Feds can’t make the states legalize it.
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Post by luapnor on Apr 20, 2024 14:03:59 GMT -5
It removes it from the schedule... Which still makes it technically a serious federal crime.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 20, 2024 14:08:12 GMT -5
All that will do is make it legal in D.C. and U.S. territories. The Feds can’t make the states legalize it. I knew a man that had a dispensary. He could not even put his money into a bank. I don’t know if that is true but it was when they first approved it for medical use in Illinois. I guess because banks are federally regulated. ? Anyway Federal legalization is a good start. Then yes let the states enact their own regulations if that is indeed the case.
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Post by biminitwisted on Apr 20, 2024 14:20:42 GMT -5
All that will do is make it legal in D.C. and U.S. territories. The Feds can’t make the states legalize it. Perhaps, but many states have used its federal prohibition as a main reason not to change their laws.
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Post by mapper on Apr 20, 2024 15:40:27 GMT -5
At the federal level the prohibitions should be removed, and removed from the schedule, They states can do what they wish. If this happens the ones incarcerated with federal prosecutions expunged and their full rights restored.
Providing there is no restriction in their states.
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 20, 2024 16:05:56 GMT -5
Wait...What ! You mean it's Illegal...Damm bro. Guess I'll call the cops and self report..
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 20, 2024 16:21:03 GMT -5
All that will do is make it legal in D.C. and U.S. territories. The Feds can’t make the states legalize it. I knew a man that had a dispensary. He could not even put his money into a bank. I don’t know if that is true but it was when they first approved it for medical use in Illinois. I guess because banks are federally regulated. ? Anyway Federal legalization is a good start. Then yes let the states enact their own regulations if that is indeed the case. Florida is ate up in dispensaries and there are also legal pot farms here. Banking might have been a problem early on, but Big Cannabis’ reach has grown a lot last several years.
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Post by nikonoclast on Apr 20, 2024 20:54:53 GMT -5
The nightmare scenario is a re-scheduling of Cannabis to Schedule 3, rather than de-listing it.
That would mean the return of the police state, and a "new war on cannabis" accross the nation.
Why? ... it's very simple. Big Pharma will write the "purity" regulations, then buy out the entire industry.
You will take what they give you, for a price they set. Just like any other drug.
Any and all home grow will be forbidden, and there will be full employment for narcs.
Won't that be fun?
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Apr 20, 2024 21:11:58 GMT -5
The fact people are in prison for freakin plant is mind boggling to me. I've never smoked it. If they legalized it tomorrow I still wouldn't. I'm pretty sure my employer would some how get a waiver on it anyway. But it's no worse than tobacco. Legalize it. Tax it. And be done with it. And for God's sakes let the guys in prison for possession of a plant freee
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Post by biminitwisted on Apr 21, 2024 0:10:24 GMT -5
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Post by throttle on Apr 21, 2024 5:07:23 GMT -5
All that will do is make it legal in D.C. and U.S. territories. The Feds can’t make the states legalize it. Are you unaware that most states already have? Try reading facts once in a while.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 21, 2024 7:47:04 GMT -5
All that will do is make it legal in D.C. and U.S. territories. The Feds can’t make the states legalize it. Are you unaware that most states already have? Try reading facts once in a while. Only 24 of the 50 states have legalized recreational pot use. Are you unaware that less than 50% of something is not “most?” Second why are you even making the comment at all? The Feds cannot make the states legalize weed. That’s true whether “most” of the states have already legalized it or not. So my statement is valid either way.
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Post by walkerdog on Apr 21, 2024 10:38:54 GMT -5
At the federal level the prohibitions should be removed, and removed from the schedule, They states can do what they wish. If this happens the ones incarcerated with federal prosecutions expunged and their full rights restored. Providing there is no restriction in their states. Interesting that BT liked your post about states being given back the right to decide things like this for themselves. I guess when it suits him, states rights are a great concept. When it doesn’t, not so much.
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 21, 2024 11:09:16 GMT -5
At the federal level the prohibitions should be removed, and removed from the schedule, They states can do what they wish. If this happens the ones incarcerated with federal prosecutions expunged and their full rights restored. Providing there is no restriction in their states. Interesting that BT liked your post about states being given back the right to decide things like this for themselves. I guess when it suits him, states rights are a great concept. When it doesn’t, not so much. First time I met BT, at a biker bar outside of hotlanta. He goes outside and picks a fight with the entire club, over abortion.
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Post by Captj on Apr 21, 2024 13:27:35 GMT -5
Feds still raid grow operations in California and elsewhere where it's legal. That's one good reason to remove it from the Federal register. Here in Florida recreational use is on the ballot in November much to the chagrin of our Governor and legislature. Going to be interesting when it passes overwhelmingly.
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