Posted on 11/25/2019 11:39:34 AM PST by NobleFree
The House Judiciary Committee passed a landmark bill Wednesday to federally decriminalize marijuana by removing it as a Schedule 1 drug of the Controlled Substances Act and to pave the way for the expungement of marijuana convictions from criminal records.
The bill, known by its acronym the MORE Act, passed 24 to 10 and will now be forwarded on to the full House for consideration. […]
The bill, if enacted, will give the Attorney General 180 days to remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug and federal districts a year to expunge prior federal cannabis offenses.
It also includes a 5 percent tax on the sale of marijuana products for the creation of the Opportunity Trust Fund to aid communities and individuals most adversely affected by the War on Drugs.
Marijuana arrests account for over half of all drug arrests in the county with 88 percent of the 8.2 million pot arrests only for possession, the American Civil Liberties Union said, adding that black people were 3.73 times more likely than white people to be arrested for the drug despite equal usage rates.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws called Wednesday’s vote a “truly historic moment in our nation’s political history.”
“For the first time, a congressional committee has approved far-reaching legislation to not just put an end to federal marijuana prohibition, but to address the countless harms our prohibitionist policies have wrought, notably on communities of color and other already marginalized groups,” NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri said in a statement. “Opposition to our failed war on marijuana has reached a boiling point with over two-thirds of all Americans, including majorities of all political persuasions, now supporting legalization.”
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Well, that's going to put a significan dent in the revenue of the prison/industrial complex.
Tucker’s! Then, you can dam well reschedule vicodin
Follow the money.
That will also free up a ton of court time nationwide...so while I am not a big fan of marijuana—I think it is a net plus.
lol. here’s a thread that’s destined for a flame out; people keep posting this sh*t as though they expect some other result than the one they’re gotten the last 3,000 times.
Amen to both points.
And there it is.
When government does the right(er) thing for the wrong reason, we need to take the win.
And it will stop seizures of cars, money, homes for simple possession...which has and does take place.
Making room for conservative constitutionalists is my guess .....
anyone that applauds anything that jerry nadler forces through his commie committee deserves what they get.
Not exactly. It turned black market sales into Tax Fraud.
Ping.
The best way to monetize pot is to issue citations. Not imprisonment, not taxation.
I see nowhere in my copy of the Constitution where the federal government is in any way empowered to regulate or control what substances I put in my body.
The ultimate State’s Rights issue.
Plus, it takes one position that the Democrats have reliably been on the right side of (most Americans support decriminalization) away from them.
Jack booted thugs of the type who support civil asset forfeiture and the prison-industrial complex are much more threat to this republic than even the most violent and dangerous of drub cartels.
Don’t worry, they will make up for that when they arrest you for your illegal menthol e-cigarette.
or illegal bubble gum flavored vaping liquid
Please define "flame out."
people keep posting this sh*t as though they expect some other result than the one they’re gotten the last 3,000 times.
I expect exactly the same result: an opportunity to tell some truth and rebut some falsehoods.
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