How quickly does this bill die?

5/19/2017 6:56:38 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
progrocknic Mount Arlington, NJ 33, joined Dec. 2012 online now!	Lawmakers renew push to end federal ban on marijuana A small, bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push at the federal level to legalize marijuana, calling it a criminal justice issue. The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, sponsored by Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-Va.), would lift the nation’s pot restrictions and allow states to decide how to regulate medical and recreational marijuana. Currently, states like Colorado that legalize marijuana do so in violation of federal law. This has created a confusing patchwork of pot laws around the country. The bill, which has 11 co-sponsors, was introduced in February, and has gathered little momentum on Capitol Hill. Garrett hopes to build consensus despite indications that President Trump's administration is moving toward stronger enforcement of federal marijuana laws. Garrett believes there are “redeeming medical uses for cannabis,” but he didn’t always feel that way. “The first time I heard the term ‘medicinal marijuana’ 25 or 30 years ago, I probably chuckled,” he told reporters Wednesday. Then, he began prosecuting marijuana users in Virginia. “My background on this issue is shaped by my own experiences as a criminal prosecutor, where in fact, I did enforce the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia as they relate to marijuana, and some would say, did so quite vigorously,” Garrett said. Eventually, Garrett grew tired of “creating criminals out of people who otherwise follow the law.” So he flipped to the other side of the issue and began fighting to legalize the drug. “If there’s anything I cannot tolerate as a citizen and as a prosecutor, it is the unequal application of justice,” he said. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) expressed similar concerns with the current federal ban on marijuana. “Every 42 seconds someone is arrested for the use or possession of marijuana, turning every-day Americans into criminals, tearing families apart,” Gabbard told reporters. “The question before us is not whether you think marijuana use is good or bad, or how you feel about this issue, but whether we should be turning people into criminals,” she said. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, which advocates against legalizing pot, criticized this “Cheech and Chong ideology.” “The marijuana industry is the next Big Tobacco of our time, and history will not look kindly upon those who enabled lobbyists and special interest groups to gain a foothold in putting profit ahead of public health and safety,” Sabet said. http://thehill.com/regulation/333922-lawmakers-renew-push-to-end-federal-ban-on-marijuana Meet singles at DateHookup.dating, we're 100% free! Join now!
5/19/2017 7:04:45 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
w6o6l6f_1 Richmond, VA 39, joined May. 2014	Depends on how much money they want to lose. Over 1 billion for Colorado alone in 2016. http://fortune.com/2016/12/13/colorado-billion-legal-marijuana-sales/
5/19/2017 10:08:26 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
w6o6l6f_1 Richmond, VA 39, joined May. 2014	Quote from progrocknic: Garrett believes there are “redeeming medical uses for cannabis,” but he didn’t always feel that way. “The first time I heard the term ‘medicinal marijuana’ 25 or 30 years ago, I probably chuckled,” he told reporters Wednesday. Then, he began prosecuting marijuana users in Virginia. “My background on this issue is shaped by my own experiences as a criminal prosecutor, where in fact, I did enforce the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia as they relate to marijuana, and some would say, did so quite vigorously,” Garrett said. Eventually, Garrett grew tired of “creating criminals out of people who otherwise follow the law.” So he flipped to the other side of the issue and began fighting to legalize the drug. “If there’s anything I cannot tolerate as a citizen and as a prosecutor, it is the unequal application of justice,” he said. Ultimately it is going to take take some time. A lot has been accomplished in the last decade. Nice to see some are learning. Maybe the law makers who sit at strip clubs drinking a rum & Coke are starting to see the hypocrisy when it is actually helping people or at least equal to what they are doing.
5/25/2017 8:32:44 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
fellowforyou New York, NY 67, joined Jan. 2010	No doubt went up in smoke. The grass has lots of supporters. But they're up against the law.
5/25/2017 8:43:25 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
lobo_corazon Orleans, ON 48, joined May. 2008	How quickly? I don't know... Does it include any big tax breaks for billionaires?
5/25/2017 8:54:02 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
cinnamonnhaze Minneapolis, MN 53, joined Apr. 2014	Quote from lobo_corazon: How quickly? I don't know... Does it include any big tax breaks for billionaires? Not until it's run through the big pharma companies. They add chemicals turning a natural product into something with poisons added & is not tolerated by most people who have tried the "pill form" of canibus. My father was given those pills. He took 1 & it made him so sick he threw the rest out. (I believe the script cost $700+ back in the late 1980's) My sister got him a joint. It was probably about $2. He got 4 separate uses from the 1 joint. My father was very anti marijuana - until he tried it. It helped him immensely while the pharmacudical processed pill made him extremely sick - but the profits were YUGE. That's the only way the billionaires will accept marijuana.
5/25/2017 11:18:29 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
61falcon New Hope, PA 76, joined Feb. 2008	Right now, COLORADO which fortunately has very low unemployment, cannot find people who can pass drug tests!!!
5/25/2017 11:39:12 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
progrocknic Mount Arlington, NJ 33, joined Dec. 2012 online now!	Quote from 61falcon: Right now, COLORADO which fortunately has very low unemployment, cannot find people who can pass drug tests!!! Kind of crazy that they drug test people for pot in a state where pot is legal. If alcohol stayed in your system for weeks, the entire country would be unemployable.
5/25/2017 11:43:40 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
cinnamonnhaze Minneapolis, MN 53, joined Apr. 2014	Quote from 61falcon: Right now, COLORADO which fortunately has very low unemployment, cannot find people who can pass drug tests!!! It's a problem here too - passing the test, thus eliminating a lot of very qualified workers. They really need to lower the classification of marijuana. I'm sorry, but in my opinion (never have I done heroin, or anything like it) marijuana has no business being put in the same class as heroin. It was much harder for me to quit cigs than to quit pot. I'm totally for the legalization of recreational use. I see a much bigger problem with my sub contractors & their employees coming in the next morning while still being drunk from the night before.
5/25/2017 11:46:58 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
trackker Vancouver, WA 35, joined May. 2014	who cares, if it passed it would just be medicinal, while recreational would still be stigmatised
5/25/2017 11:49:03 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
progrocknic Mount Arlington, NJ 33, joined Dec. 2012 online now!	Quote from trackker: who cares, if it passed it would just be medicinal, while recreational would still be stigmatised Did you not read the article? The proposal is for both medicinal and recreational marijuana. Not like it matters because it won't even get far enough to be voted on. [Edited 5/25/2017 11:49:18 AM ]
5/25/2017 11:50:13 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
trackker Vancouver, WA 35, joined May. 2014	Quote from progrocknic: Did you not read the article? The proposal is for both medicinal and recreational marijuana. Not like it matters because it won't even get far enough to be voted on. No i didn't read the article, i just assumed medical would have a chance, while recreational will never happen
5/25/2017 11:51:27 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
fishnthec Mesquite, TX 65, joined Oct. 2010	What we need now is a "Joint" Session in Congress!
5/25/2017 11:51:35 AM	How quickly does this bill die?
progrocknic Mount Arlington, NJ 33, joined Dec. 2012 online now!	All the bill does is block the feds from interfering with states who have legalized medicinal and/or recreational marijuana. Like I said, it doesn't matter that much because it's going to go no where.
5/25/2017 3:58:02 PM	How quickly does this bill die?
scarredandtatto Oral, SD 52, joined Aug. 2013	I'm not up on what's going on in Canada but from what I understand they're about to make it legal. Works for me!!! I can see Canada from my house!
5/25/2017 4:10:12 PM	How quickly does this bill die?
fellowforyou New York, NY 67, joined Jan. 2010	Quote from lobo_corazon: How quickly? I don't know... Does it include any big tax breaks for billionaires? Tax break. That's why they can't get it passed. There's no tax advantage to the rich. No wonder. Ha.

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