House Passes MORE Act Which Decriminalizes Marijuana

[scruffy]

The Senate won't pass that nonsense.

Oh yes it will. More than 50% of those Senators are from states that derive tax revenue from legal weed.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Who thought we'd ever see this day? It is long past due.

The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act passed the House 220-204 with a sprinkling of Republican support.

It goes now to the Senate, where Chuck Schumer and two others are already crafting the Senate version.

Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created legal headaches for users and businesses in the states that have legalized it, though the measure was seen as unlikely to pass the Senate.

www.reuters.com

Legalization of marijuana is extremely popular among Americans: a 2021 Pew Research Center poll found that 91% agreed that either medical or recreational use should be allowed.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed his own bill that would legalize marijuana, and has committed to moving forward with it in April.


This is NOT an April Fool's joke.

What great news. I had turned off all my news app notifications while on vacation so I did not even know this was a thing till I saw this thread.

It is about time. It is a true crime that the VA cannot prescribe marijuana for Vets that would benefit from it, that are in fact already legally using it in states where it is legal.

 

[Papageorgio]

Should have been passed in 1776.....

It was legal in 1776.

 

[Unkotare]

Oh yes it will. More than 50% of those Senators are from states that derive tax revenue from legal weed.

Watch and see, pothead.

 

[Papageorgio]

If not legalize it, decriminalize it

Stop spending so much law enforcement resources to investigate, arrest and incarcerate drug offenders

Legalize it, let the states manufacture it, that way it is less likely to be cut with dangerous chemicals or other drugs such as fentany.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

EvilCat Breath Portugal a failed nation? Me thinks your attempted reply failed. Makes me wonder if you've had a smoke, or decided to inject irony into your reply.

What is Portugal's largest industry? Which major universities are in Portugal? What is Portugal's position in industrialized nations?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Legalize it, let the states manufacture it, that way it is less likely to be cut with dangerous chemicals or other drugs such as fentany.

How do you explain states like California that legalized and taxed pot years ago?

California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge

One bill would make it a felony to possess 2 or more grams of the synthetic opioid

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Pot has been legal in Vermont since 2018.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2021-12-02/3-arrested-in-connection-with-fentanyl-laced-marijuana

 

[Papageorgio]

How do you explain states like California that legalized and taxed pot years ago?

California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge

One bill would make it a felony to possess 2 or more grams of the synthetic opioid

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Pot has been legal in Vermont since 2018.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2021-12-02/3-arrested-in-connection-with-fentanyl-laced-marijuana

Federal is what we are talking about, not states.

 

[Papageorgio]

How do you explain states like California that legalized and taxed pot years ago?

California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge

One bill would make it a felony to possess 2 or more grams of the synthetic opioid

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Pot has been legal in Vermont since 2018.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2021-12-02/3-arrested-in-connection-with-fentanyl-laced-marijuana

Federal is what we are talking about, not states. Its been legalized in many states for a long time.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Federal is what we are talking about, not states.

Ohhhh. I thought you were talking about what works? How would federal legalization change the deleterious effects of state legalization? Is this a case of when something doesn't work, do more of it?

 

[Captain Caveman]

What is Portugal's largest industry? Which major universities are in Portugal? What is Portugal's position in industrialized nations?

I would say tourism.

Here is Wikipedia's link on Portugal's universities -

List of universities and colleges in Portugal - Wikipedia

As for industrialization, I don't think, like many countries, they actually make anything because they buy all the junk from China too, like iPhones etc..

 

[chesswarsnow]

Sorry bout that,

1. I see this action over the years of making marijuana illegal has only been white clean cut men in suits, holier than thou type, punishing the long hair hippy type, some killing, some taking their shit, and throwing into a jail for 50 years.
2. Basic crime against humanity.
3. Its been nothing more.

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I would say tourism.

Here is Wikipedia's link on Portugal's universities -

List of universities and colleges in Portugal - Wikipedia

As for industrialization, I don't think, like many countries, they actually make anything because they buy all the junk from China too, like iPhones etc..

There are no prestigious universities in Portugal. Graduates of University of Azores are not in high demand.

 

[Captain Caveman]

There are no prestigious universities in Portugal. Graduates of University of Azores are not in high demand.

I thought you asked for major?

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Legalize it, let the states manufacture it, that way it is less likely to be cut with dangerous chemicals or other drugs such as fentany.

Or let us grow it in the backyard.

Oh that's right, there's no way to tax it. dammit. No wonder they don't want it to pass. They want that fucking money.

 

[Anathema]

Any Republican who voted for this in the House or voted for it in the Senate is DEAD to me. I will not vote for them for ANY office under ANY circumstance.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I thought you asked for major?

You mean like the University of DeVry?

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

You mean like the University of DeVry?

I don't get what you're trying to prove here.

There is a shit ton of pot smoking at major universities throughout the world.

I went to the most conservative university on the fucking planet. (TexasA&M). there was plenty of pot smoking there.

It seems like people are just naïve about how many people use cannabis. It's a lot.

That said, I have never used it before. That still should not allow government to decide who gets to grow and use it.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Hmmm, maybe this is the democrat platform which they will be touting for the Nov election.

It has broad support among all but the Big Government loving authoritarians that wish to control the lives of others.

 

[Meister]

It has broad support among all but the Big Government loving authoritarians that wish to control the lives of others.

That platform is better than no platform.....I guess.
That alone will not win an election, IMO