Posted on 11/19/2022 5:03:04 PM PST by Olog-hai
At a Nov. 15 hearing on cannabis reform at the federal level, House Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said President Joe Biden’s pardon of people convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law was “a good first step,” and added that the next step is that “cannabis must be decriminalized at the federal level as a matter of basic justice in the country.”
Under current federal law, marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 illegal drug, which means it has a “high potential for abuse” and is not a “currently accepted medical treatment in the U.S.,” according to Drugs.com. Other Schedule 1 drugs include Heroin, LSD, MDMA, and psilocybic mushrooms.
In his remarks before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Nov. 15, Raskin drew a parallel between the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s and the federal prohibition against marijuana, saying that both actions produced social chaos, crime, and violence. “The war against marijuana has ruined so many lives,” said Raskin. […]
Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation, has warned about the dangers of comparing alcohol with marijuana. In a commentary he wrote, “Unlike marijuana, alcohol is also not a gateway drug. One of the greatest harms of marijuana legalization is increased addiction to and use of harder drugs. Prosecutors, judges, police officers and others involved in the criminal justice system know that the vast majority of defendants arrested for violent crimes test positive for illegal drugs, including marijuana. And they know marijuana is the starter drug for most criminals.” …
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Psychotic people demanding more psychotic people. Maybe he also demand mandatory gender transition surgery for 100% of the population too.
Booze does more of a number on people that anything else.
It damn near killed me.
32 years sober by the grace of God.
The scotch drinkers never want to talk about alcohol.
I’d be in favor of this, but on States’ rights grounds—Constitutional issue.
By all means, dope is the hill to die on regarding justice.
Yeh thats the clown.
So you’re taking your advice from my info babe on Fox News?
Lol
EVERYBODY drugged up.... lololol
Get real lol
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