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Kick and rec. n/t ms liberty Aug 2016 #1
Like all bureaucratic entities: Once you establish your fiefdom, you struggle to maintain funding. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #63
Grrr. How fucking backward. cali Aug 2016 #2
Yep. babylonsister Aug 2016 #3
What a bunch of buzzkills. kysrsoze Aug 2016 #52
+100 librechik Aug 2016 #67
Idiocracy! GeorgeGist Aug 2016 #4
The DEA has a vested interest in keeping marijuana illegal... Raster Aug 2016 #5
Wouldn't the federal government bring in more tax money on the sale of Marajuana? yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #8
it could potentially... HOWEVER, the DEA is only concerned about maintaining the status quo... Raster Aug 2016 #10
And the status quo is high alcohol taxes scscholar Aug 2016 #53
yes, but the DEA is protecting their own turf. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #30
I don't think the DEA should make this decision bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #6
Congress doing something? Calculating Aug 2016 #11
Yes, after a majority of states have legalized cannabis bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #12
it's not 'sneaking' anything. People get medical benefit from it AND people should be able to Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #31
I have always supported full legalization bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #42
I think the moral point was that one could easily argue to voters that sticking Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #44
Hence the campaign to sneak cannabis into use as a poorly regulated medicine bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #48
I think we're gonna get there. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #49
DEA worried about losing it's funding. Time for an executive order. sarcasmo Aug 2016 #7
God bless Obama for standing up to the pothead wing 6chars Aug 2016 #9
Hillary, to her credit, has come out for rescheduling it to II. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #32
that is to her credit 6chars Aug 2016 #34
Nah, she took that position a while back, in the primaries Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #37
Executive order from whom? The sitting President who appointed the last two Chakab Aug 2016 #16
Many of his appointments have been absolute shit. villager Aug 2016 #51
Hillary? SammyWinstonJack Aug 2016 #56
Cannabis remaining a Schdeule 1 drug is how DEA agents keep their jobs. MohRokTah Aug 2016 #13
What does Hillary think of this issue? Calculating Aug 2016 #14
Her position is that there should be "more research" on marijuana before anything Chakab Aug 2016 #17
I see Calculating Aug 2016 #21
Pretty much. Chakab Aug 2016 #46
to quote the great Upton Sinclair: TheSarcastinator Aug 2016 #15
Fuck the DEA, their own people say it is a horrible organization that needs to go away. Rex Aug 2016 #18
nailed it! thank you and fuck the DEA! N/T wildbilln864 Aug 2016 #20
Fuck the DEA Calculating Aug 2016 #22
When there own top folks quit and turn against then to the point of advocating how to hide drugs Rex Aug 2016 #23
reefer madness at it's highest level spanone Aug 2016 #19
By that logic my Mom's grilled cheese sandwiches should be banned. MindPilot Aug 2016 #24
This is going to come to a head during Clinton's presidency. Egnever Aug 2016 #25
Oregon is having success with legal marijuana, too. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #28
Did not intend to leave anyone out Egnever Aug 2016 #61
How likely is it to gain an accepted medical use if it remains enforced by the DEA Johonny Aug 2016 #26
there are multiple ways to reschedule or deschedule it. Congress can do it, the executive can do it Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #27
Indeed, the DEA doesn't want to lose their status quo. joshcryer Aug 2016 #40
I think if CA legalizes, that alone will force some kind of change. I hope. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #43
I forget CA is like the world's second largest economy. joshcryer Aug 2016 #45
they also say it has "no safety level". BULLSHIT. DEA jude Francis Young, 1988: Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #29
How progressive... PoutrageFatigue Aug 2016 #33
Thanks Obama. aikoaiko Aug 2016 #35
He doesn't Calculating Aug 2016 #36
He's also the one appointing these agency heads that have policy positions that are totally contrary Chakab Aug 2016 #47
"no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States," nationalize the fed Aug 2016 #38
Such bullshit. There are plenty of clinical studies that prove the AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #39
Surprise, administration that gets loads of funding for prohibition wants it to stay. joshcryer Aug 2016 #41
Yeah, I read recently that the last year of alcohol prohibition saw as many raids and arrests as all Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #68
The DEA guy said it was 'based on science'. Shandris Aug 2016 #50
more like math. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #55
Interesting article in High Times SticksnStones Aug 2016 #54
I haven't read HT regularly for a long time Nevernose Aug 2016 #57
Yeah, their site has really evolved technically SticksnStones Aug 2016 #59
Their mistake is assuming Calculating Aug 2016 #64
Agreed, although SticksnStones Aug 2016 #65
Well that would make their jobs obsolete malaise Aug 2016 #58
What do you want to do, take profits away from the Prison Industrial Complex? Oneironaut Aug 2016 #60
fascinating medical research outside the u.s. 6chars Aug 2016 #62
When it comes to illegal drugs, Obama and Clinto need to look at the evidence. Vattel Aug 2016 #66
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