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Catalina
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posted June 01, 2017 03:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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

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posted June 01, 2017 03:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dee     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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posted June 01, 2017 05:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's not legal if it's still against federal law.

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Catalina
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posted June 01, 2017 01:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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

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Catalina
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posted June 01, 2017 01:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
But again
What about states rights and a slimmer fed?

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teasel
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posted June 01, 2017 04:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for teasel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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).

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Catalina
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posted June 03, 2017 03:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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?

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Catalina
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posted June 03, 2017 03:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And what about states rights?

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posted June 07, 2017 09:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
States' rights don't supersede federal powers.

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Catalina
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posted June 08, 2017 12:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
But what is the point?

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posted June 08, 2017 10:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The point is that states have rights where the federal government isn't granted power.

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Catalina
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posted June 11, 2017 06:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks like going to SCOTUS then.. I am not alone in my question/pov
http://realfarmacy.com/federal-cannabis-court/

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