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librechik

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37. They'd better prepare for an avalanche of opposition

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 10:29 PM

Apr 2017

no matter what they think, this isn't the thirties, and Reefer Madness is fiction, and everybody knows that now--except the crack pots in the Dumb administration.

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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