Posted on 06/08/2018 10:10:32 AM PDT by Mariner
President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to end the federal ban on marijuana, a major step that would reshape the pot industry and end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown.
Trump’s remarks put him sharply at odds with Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions on the issue. The bill in question, pushed by a bipartisan coalition, would allow states to go forward with legalization unencumbered by threats of federal prosecution.
Trump made his comments to a gaggle of reporters Friday morning just before he boarded a helicopter on his way to the G-7 summit in Canada. His remarks came the day after the bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed their measure.
One of the lead sponsors is Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who is aligned with Trump on several issues but recently has tangled with the administration over the Justice Department’s threatened crackdowns on marijuana.
“I support Sen. Gardner,” Trump said when asked about the bill. “I know exactly what he’s doing. We’re looking at it. But I probably will end up supporting that, yes.”
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Love all this WINNING!!!
Cannabis legalization should be decided by the states & not Fedzilla.
If they were not authorized by the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, "we" (the federal government) ought not have done them.
As I said, there are those who believe the Constitution IS a suicide pact.
If legal alcohol didn't kill this country, legal marijuana won't.
I’m quite strongly and overtly Christian. I’ve been a strong proponent of legalization for well over a decade (again, I’ve not touched it since 1977). It is a personal freedom and choice thing, which is a common thread throughout the teachings of Christianity.
Also, I have intimate knowledge of how marijuana can be a gateway drug and how it can lend to the eventual destruction of a person's life and family. How it lends to long term costs in an entire family. All sin is corporate, so to speak.
I am witnessing it right now with a family we know whose two kids are deep into the pot culture because it has been celebrated in the liberal cesspool state that I reside in (for now). It is doing nothing but destroying their ambition, potential and lives by using this “legal” drug on a regular basis.
I am certain that the Founding Fathers wouldn't include this substance as something that illuminates and furthers our freedoms. How does legitimatizing and legalizing pot MAGA? I would argue it does quite the opposite.
One is a total rebel, she probably did start with cigarettes and then weed because she could get it from an close older relative who really was the proverbial pot head. She has long since graduated from weed and booze and is into crack, meth, heroin, whatever she can get and is having her fifth addicted baby, which she farms out to relatives to raise. She will sell herself for a hit and live in filth.
The other one from what I have heard from friends and other relatives and just talking to him started with weed. It was his drug of choice for years and he gave it initially to the rebel female relative. He is older than the total rebel but they have taken to running together so if it will get them high they use it. If used cat litter would get them high they would snort, smoke, eat it or inject it at this point. It’s really sad.
It doesn't have to be illegal at any level for employers to test; some employers test for tobacco use.
Nonsense. Anyone, poor or not, who before legalization was responsible enough to not use illegal marijuana will after legalization remain responsible enough to not become an addict.
Took words out of my mouth. We live in an age where we can no longer provide the energy & costs when we are under chronic invasion and children are being sex-slaved. Must prioritize!
Some % of the population will always be prone to alcoholism, drug addiction and substance abuse. The mentally ill used to be treated medically in secure facilities, but now they roam the streets.
It's difficult to separate cause from effect. We already have roving bands of drug addicted homeless. It's not the prohibition laws, but other policies that are the cause.
It’s ok to make a point without insulting the person who doesn’t agree with you.
People for whom it's a big issue are in a decided minority; public support for legalization is at or above 60%.
Yeah. That’s the fun part. The already “iffy” empoloyees didn’t realize that just because it’s legal to the state doesn’t mean you can keep your job if you test positive.
Like alcohol and tobacco?
I am certain that the Founding Fathers wouldn't include this substance as something that illuminates and furthers our freedoms.
Would they support leaving the issue up to the states? The Constitution they wrote gives the feds no within-ssttate authority over it.
The irony in it all is that the same radical environmentalists, air pollution alarmists and globull warming fools who scream “clean air!” don't care about how the smell and second hand smoke contents of this ‘legalized’ crap is infringing on the rights of the neighbors of those using this drug. Unfortunately, abusers don't care how their behavior negatively impacts the lives other others.
“Like alcohol and tobacco?”
That isn’t what is being debated here.:)
Like alcohol and tobacco?
That isn’t what is being debated here.:)
Now it is ... you opened the door above.
The other one from what I have heard from friends and other relatives and just talking to him started with weed...
Thanks for sharing.
As you point out, one was a total rebel before touching any drugs. So, the problem isn't really the drugs, but her rebellious nature. And even that is probably just a symptom of some other underlying problem that's driven her to self-destruction.
If the other, older one smokes or drinks, you can be pretty sure these preceded the pot use. They almost always do.
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