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17. Stupid move for them. They should read a few local papers around the county.

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 07:07 PM

Apr 2017

Our local rag (SE PA) editorial and comments are idiotically right-wing, except for one subject. Everybody from all sides of the political globe, they all think marijuana laws are stupid, that the police are wasting their time enforcing them, that marijuana and the people who grow and use it should be left the fuck alone.

So good, let them keep on with that. It can only hurt them.

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DHS Head John Kelly gave a clear signal that the Trump administration is heading for a marijuana [View all] applegrove Apr 2017 OP

There was never any doubt. They hate people who get high Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #1

Profit enid602 Apr 2017 #39

The right wing wants youth either ambitiously working, or dead or in jail. You are either in applegrove Apr 2017 #2

Many who smoke pot also ambitiously work. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #3

I do! BigDemVoter Apr 2017 #30

Agreed. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #47

Well they want the ceos to have all your creativity and that is helped applegrove Apr 2017 #36

I think those things also depend a lot on where you are and what industry you're in. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #43

True. I'm thinking of regular business model that seems to involve managers applegrove Apr 2017 #44

I think there's just a cultural difference that depends on geography, too. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #45

AS we move forward companies like Google and Apple Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #48

Seems like every new business in town is a marijuana vendor 'round here. Shrike47 Apr 2017 #7

Good. fun n serious Apr 2017 #4

This bastard fascist administration is a greater threat than Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #5

You got that right. teezy Apr 2017 #13

The Whitehouse also lost track of the USS Carl Vinson. Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #28

Are they LOOKING for ways to waste resources and time? Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #6

This Will Blow Up On Them ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #8

See you in court. n/t jaysunb Apr 2017 #9

ironic mnmoderatedem Apr 2017 #10

Chocolate cake edible. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2017 #29

Their time would be better spent safeinOhio Apr 2017 #11

Someone didn't like his previous "marijuana is not a factor in the drug war" statement Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #12

Good luck with that.... betting this is more of a Chakaconcarne Apr 2017 #14

With weed, and health care, and the military, and social security, and....... Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #15

Will Jeff Sessions administer this from his prison cell? -eom Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #16

Cheers sharedvalues Apr 2017 #19

Stupid move for them. They should read a few local papers around the county. enough Apr 2017 #17

Remember Nixon drug war was a way to hurt political enemies sharedvalues Apr 2017 #18

It included this point however grantcart Apr 2017 #20

That was the quasi-reasonable statement he made the other day. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #21

The reality is that Fed Law Enforcement doesn't have resources to go after users grantcart Apr 2017 #23

Dirty little secret is, they don't really have the resources to go after the businesses, either. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #26

Also it appears that the Trump administration will only be able to track drug shipments that grantcart Apr 2017 #25

. MissB Apr 2017 #38

Nelson, British Columbia has one of the lowest crime rates in applegrove Apr 2017 #32

I meet a lot of law enforcement officers and all of them want it legalized for the simple reason grantcart Apr 2017 #33

Yes. applegrove Apr 2017 #34

The Domestic Cannabis industry is poised to create tens of thousands of new American Jobs. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #22

Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. TeamPooka Apr 2017 #24

Democrats would be wise... vi5 Apr 2017 #27

Absolutely. Most Americans support legalization and something like 71% support letting states decide Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #42

This issue exemplifies.... vi5 Apr 2017 #46

so why don't they criminalize prostitution in Nevada? samnsara Apr 2017 #31

Most of them would end up in jail marlakay Apr 2017 #41

But if it was legal , criminal orgs would not be involved or be a border issue lunasun Apr 2017 #35

They'd better prepare for an avalanche of opposition librechik Apr 2017 #37

Oregon Governor just signed law to protect privacy of marijuana purchasers! L. Coyote Apr 2017 #40

I'll wait and see Calculating Apr 2017 #49

I think Sessions is going to make a lot of "reefer madness" noise Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #50