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Today a small bipartisan group of House members lead by Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced the “Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011.”
The bill would have the federal government treat marijuana in a manner similar to the way it currently treats alcohol, by giving the individual states the right to decide how to treat cannabis. Each state would be free to regulate, legalize or outlaw marijuana as each sees fit.
The act’s other current co-sponsors include John Conyers (D-MI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Polis (D-CO), and Barbara Lee (D-CA).
While this bill is not likely to pass Congress this year, it does start building a foundation for reforming our outdated marijuana laws at the federal level. Currently, almost half the country supports marijuana legalization but only a handful of our representatives are prepared to publicly back such a change by endorsing legislation like this.
Hopefully, by seeing several other members of Congressional come out in support of reform, politicians and future candidates will feel more comfortable and less isolated about publicly endorsing an end to our federal government’s war on marijuana.
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Well, we know how much Obama loves bipartisanship, so he’ll support this, right?
You know you’re WAY behind the curve when you cause Paul and Frank to team up against you.
We have to keep an eye on Jared Polis.
This co-sponsoring thing was only AFTER Chris Romer lost the Mayoral election here in Denver, as he was the putz who worked to lower MMJ access.
Yes, Polis reps Boulder. I’m just saying in terms of CO State politics, it matters.
The war is as much on hemp [think big timber interests] as it ever was about marijuana.
Smacks of political expediency, yep.
…and a protection racket for the PIC (private prisons) too.
I believe that without hiding and booby traps and such that the timber interests should be safe. A legal crop grown with fences and cameras, of course, is a whole different issue.
I should drive past the major arterial streets and video for folks how the CO leg has worked locally, despite what Ass Romer tried..
It’s awesome! (Forgive the word.) It really is.
Porch?
And then there’s this:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/20/big-pharma-set-to-take-over-medical-marijuana-market/
Staying “saintly” for the moment, as I must have the evil tests in that not-so-far-future.
But lusting fer the damn porch. I’ll go out there right now anyway. :)
Give those cannabis a sniff of freedom and humans will get ideas.
Why is it that one of us always seems to be studying for those damned tests? It’s fucking fascism.
or cotton, or corn (ethanol) subsidies . . .
‘lead’ is the name of a metal (aka Pb, from Latin plumbum, whence plumb, plumb bob, plumber).
led is an acronym for light emitting diode.
(Our Leaders Have Lead Feet might be a good lede.)
The bill doesn’t go far enough, however. Congress needs to legalize cannabis in Washington, DC, home of a lot of hyperaggressive people who take themselves way too seriously. If our top politicians, generals and bureaucrats took up cannabis, we’d surely be a more peaceful, compassionate country.
This measure won’t pass with even 95% support, so long as the remaining five percent are allowed to enrich themselves off prohibition and incarceration, while at the same time paying to subvert the will of the people by buying congress.
Enjoy.
Kill the poor and elderly, kill unions, destroy the economy, medicaid, social security, allow bankers to steal all the money.. but pot is bad and this bill won’t go anywhere.
I need a joint (and I don’t even smoke the stuff).
Jello Biafra calls testing Ethnic Cleansing. It doesn’t even test for any psychoactive, it tests for breakdown metabolites which are not psychoactive.. like determining drunkeness by measuring acetic acid, a breakdown product from alcohol.
Billions and billions…