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In reply to the discussion: DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)45. I forget CA is like the world's second largest economy.
Or something like that (if it was it's own country), and you are probably right. The entire Pacific coast would be legal. That's some enormous pressure.
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babylonsister
Aug 2016
OP
Like all bureaucratic entities: Once you establish your fiefdom, you struggle to maintain funding.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2016
#63
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
it's not 'sneaking' anything. People get medical benefit from it AND people should be able to
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#31
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
Her position is that there should be "more research" on marijuana before anything
Chakab
Aug 2016
#17
Fuck the DEA, their own people say it is a horrible organization that needs to go away.
Rex
Aug 2016
#18
When there own top folks quit and turn against then to the point of advocating how to hide drugs
Rex
Aug 2016
#23
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
I think if CA legalizes, that alone will force some kind of change. I hope.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#43
they also say it has "no safety level". BULLSHIT. DEA jude Francis Young, 1988:
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#29
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
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
What do you want to do, take profits away from the Prison Industrial Complex?
Oneironaut
Aug 2016
#60