Deb Fischer calls for cutting Justice Department funding unless it issues plan on state-level pot ..

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joseph Morton

WASHINGTON — Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., wants to cut money to the Department of Justice unless it issues a plan for monitoring the effects of state-level pot legalization.

“Marijuana is being transported across state lines and making its way out of states such as Colorado and into Nebraska’s communities,” Fischer said in a press release. “This drug remains an illegal substance on the federal level and in Nebraska, where our law enforcement officers are working hard to stop the crime and violence associated with its transport.”

Fischer has offered an amendment to pending legislation that would cut the funding for the Office of the Deputy Attorney General unless the department issues its plan.

Colorado’s decision to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana has sparked outcries from neighboring states, including Nebraska, that say they are being harmed.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/deb-fischer-calls-for-cutting-justice-department-funding-unless-it/article_77e843fe-ab1e-5aab-b576-a4d366217dfa.html

[IADEMO2004]

1. White Clay,White Clay,White Clay,White Clay,White Clay,White Clay,

Primal scream

[Omaha Steve]

3. I posted about White Clay on June 7th in LBN

Several DUers didn't think it belonged in LBN.

[IADEMO2004]

10. I remember. Thanks for mailing the link.

Smells like she is Fischering for money for more prisons to me.

[1StrongBlackMan]

11. white Clay???

[rurallib]

14. was curious also and found OS's post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141480399

[passiveporcupine]

16. I just had to google it

Amazing what the state does to prevent marijuana, yet it is basically endorsing illegal sales of alcohol to Native Americans from the Pine Ridge.

And they complain about violence coming into Nebraska via Colorado's legal sales of marijuana.

Hey, Nebraska, let the Pine Ridge grow pot and maybe you would have less violence. Or not...I understand someone is making a ton of money off the sale of liquor...wink wink.

Here is a link:
http://battleforwhiteclay.org/?page_id=140

[IADEMO2004]

19. My bad for not posting a link.

Everyone is not familiar with Pine Ridge.

[floriduck]

2. There's an easy fix to that if she's serious about the illegal substance issue.

[TonyPDX]

4. Did you see the comment in the Nebraska paper?

"The news is replete with deaths caused by marijuana intoxication in Colorado. Edibles mainly."

Seems to me that no citizens deserve access to legal cannabis more than Nebraskans.

[neohippie]

13. I replied to that comment

There have been 3-4 deaths related to edibles, but the relationship is not direct, 3 of the deaths were self inflicted.

One was the man who shot his wife, after eating some THC candy, which he's claiming caused him to become temporarily insane, which is still questionable because they had a history of marital problems and the wife had previously stated she feared her husband, and the police reported his THC levels were relatively low, so I am not sure how this is equated to the news being replete with deaths due to marijuana.

http://gazette.com/colorado-man-accused-of-killing-wife-after-eating-marijuana-changes-plea/article/1559576

Still over a period of years, a relatively low number if you compared the number of deaths from alcohol, tobacco, opiates, other pharmaceutical drugs like anti-depression related drugs, and then looked at the reduction of opiate related deaths etc... And also consider that there could be other factors related to these, which include, drug interaction with other drugs, persons who may have mental imbalances or pre-existing mental illness, if alcohol was also involved and so on

[christx30]

15. 3-4 deaths from cannibus in Nebraska over 2 years.

That's the emergency.
Meanwhile, story came out yesterday about the 48 people that were shot during the 15 hour filibuster about gun crime. Twelve people in that group died. But they don't want to do anything about that.

[neohippie]

20. I think those deaths were in Colorado

I'm pretty sure the only deaths were in Colorado

[sofa king]

22. What's the LD50 for THC?

In 1988 it was a matter of record that a person would have to eat 1,500 pounds of joints in fifteen minutes in order to die from THC poisoning.

https://weedpress.wordpress.com/science/studies/ld50-of-cannabis/

In summary, enormous doses of Delta 9 THC, All THC and concentrated
marihuana extract ingested by mouth were unable to produce death or organ
pathology in large mammals...

http://www.oregon.gov/pharmacy/Imports/Marijuana/StaffReview/ReschedulingCannabis-NOTES_3-10.pdf

So it's not the weed that's killing people, it's stupid people on weed who are killing themselves and others. And guess what? We give those same stupid people guns, cars, unlimited alcohol, cell phones and opiates, with which they kill one another at a rate many thousand times higher than marijuana.

From that point of view it's easier to argue that marijuana is saving lives by preventing people from pursuing those other stupid pursuits.

And I just have to add that it's utter scummery for Nebraska, of all states, who happily protects its right to cross-border sales of alcohol to South Dakotan Indians, to be upset about this. Shame on them.

[TonyPDX]

24. Sorry.

The particular murder in Denver doesn't make a persuasive case for being impaired by cannabis, especially since he was able to recall the digital code required to open his gun safe. 3 or 4 deaths due to edibles? When one single death can be positively attributed solely to the influence of cannabis, it will be big news, indeed.

[SpankMe]

5. Turnabout is fair play

If this zany lady wants to kill the DoJ unless they monitor pot legalization, then it's fair for Democrats to do something similar: withhold DoJ funds until they study the effects of guns on health and society.

[rladdi]

7. If you ever follow some GOP controlled states, the women are the most radical.

[rladdi]

6. Yes, the GOP is always anxious to cut money from the Departments that actually

need more money. But they support the lobbyists that fund them. Like the NRA. GOP takes millions from the NRA. Its blood money to the GOP, not caring about human life, but bankrolling their pockets. Not one Republicans got on the Senate floor the other night and told a story about anyone that has suffered or experienced a mass murder, not one Republicans. They are so distanced from actual human life. There only wants votes to be elected, then turn to the Lobbyist who shoves big money to them for there votes.
America is actually fed up with the GOP, the November election will reflect the inaction of the Republicans.

[killbotfactory]

8. Let's just keep pretending you couldn't buy pot in every state before legalization. nt

[L. Coyote]

9. How to distract from the automatic weapons ban debate. "Let's cripple the DoJ" is the Rs plan?

Never mind that we have a mass shooting every day, we need to focus on pot violence! Or we will make sure you can't fight crime.

This is why Republicans need to go back to grade school for a little education on simple logic. You want to fight crime, you don't defund the cops.

[Backwoodsrider]

12. Whats the harm?

I live in a legal state with opioid OD deaths down 25% since cannabis became legal.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

23. Nebraska's viewpoint

** Important: I'm explaining what the state thinks in a nutshell-- not agreeing with it **

The state's viewpoint is a) pot is illegal here, b) we want to keep it that way and c) we are spending a lot of time and money policing the border with Colorado for smuggling. When states debated lowering their legal drinking age from 21 -- and the Constitution gives states the right to regulate booze -- the feds said "do it and we'll take your highway funds." Now the state of Colorado has legalized marijuana in contravention of federal statutes, and the feds aren't lifting a finger to sanction Colorado. That seems hypocritical to the State of Nebraska.

[Democrats_win]

17. Nebraska, you keep your Bibles and we'll keep our pot.

In other words keep your false religion out of public life.

[MariaThinks]

18. Why don't we monitor the affect of guns on human health first?

[jalan48]

21. Another backward thnking Republican. But hey, these thinkers exist on the Democratic side as well.