[WayneS]

I stopped reading at “...floodgates to marijuana addiction”.

[blueunicorn6]

Marijuana stops traffic jams.

[WayneS]

Meanwhile, the town of Pueblo, Colorado, is buckling under the expense of “marijuana migrants,” attracted to the town’s pro-marijuana publicity. Instead of finding real work, however, these marijuana migrants live mostly in boxes, resorting to buckets as toilets.

Those people are called bums, and they are a nuisance whether their drug of choice is marijuana or alcohol.

[MagnoliaB]

“the floodgates to marijuana addiction”

I didn’t know marijuana had addictive qualities. Is this some type of new marijuana?

[WayneS]

The vast majority of our country, and particularly working-class Republicans, reject the legalization of marijuana with all of its harmful consequences.

Source, please?

[WayneS]

In addition, anyone over the age of 21 may smoke pot on private property now in California, simply to get high over and over again.

In addition, anyone over the age of 21 may drink vodka on private property in California, simply to get drunk over and over again.

[arthurus]

If you want it legal, Congresscrittur, change the laws. In the meantime, enforce the actual enacted laws. I don’t believe drugs should have ever been made illegal in the first place and I believe that the Law is the Law. Enforce it.

[Rebelrage]

KILLER WEED!!!

[NorthMountain]

[Lazamataz]

I thought marijuana use was mandatory now.

[DBrow]

“Both sides of the aisle” can easily fix this- remove cannabis from Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act.

Sessions then has no cannabis law to enforce.

I think this is a Trump move to force Congress to act, making cannabis a state law issue. Odd that they don’t.

[Vaduz]

THC addiction users pound floor kick feet...................

[colorado tanker]

Have you been to Colorado since legalization, Andy? I don’t recognize the state you described.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I criticize Sessions for this because there are about a million more important things for him to be doing at DoJ to clean out the swamp and advance conservative principles. Making pot illegal seems to be his Number One priority.

[zeestephen]

I did not realize Senator Cory Gardner is a Republican.

Marijuana is not an easy issue for GOP candidates to work with.

Outside the southeast USA, a Republican who demands rigorous enforcement of marijuana laws stands a good chance of losing a close election.

I personally favor legalization, but I haven’t smoked marijuana in 25 years, so it’s not a compelling issue for me, one way or the other.

[Boogieman]

“This push for pot is not really coming from the freedom-loving culture of rock music. Instead, like gambling, legalizing pot is driven by a multi-decade campaign of investors seeking to profit from cannabis, as it’s now being advertised for marketing purposes.”

Oh those wascally capitalists! When will they cease trying to dream up new ways to make a profit and stimulate economies!!!

[Vision Thing]

If concerts won’t allow smoking pot, why do the rest of us have to put up with its pungent odor and harmful consequences?

Kids who play the knockout game use the stink to their advantage. All they have to do is smell for a pothead walking by, and they automatically have their next easy clueless target.

#WeedWeaklingsMakeThemselvesVulnerable

[NobleFree]

“Obama’s command that the Department of Justice ignore federal law against marijuana production and sales”

That never happened; here’s the memorandum in question: https://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/3052013829132756857467.pdf

[Pelham]

Famous arguments in favor of marijuana:

(knock knock knock)

Cheech: Open up, I think the cops saw me come in here.

(More knocks)

Chong: Who is it?

Cheech: It’s, Dave, man. Will you open up, I got the stuff with me.

Chong: Who?

Cheech: Dave, man. Open up.

Chong: Dave?

Cheech: Yeah, Dave. C’mon, man, open up, I think the cops saw me.

Chong: Dave’s not here.

[palmer]

First it was sold to the American people under the guise of “medical marijuana,” and predictably anyone with a little back or joint pain was obtaining prescriptions to get high. The strategy was to open the door to the inevitable recreational use by anyone, which is occurring now in eight states.

I don't think that's necessarily a fair characterization. I was a medical pot skeptic but I now believe there are legtimate cases where a doctor can prescribe and monitor a patient, just like any other drug.