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In reply to the discussion: House Votes To End DEA Raids On Legal Medical Marijuana Operations [View all]I was reading the comments on some major magazine site online... not sure which one. I regularly read The Atlantic online, Slate... those are the two most mainstream tilts toward conservative sometimes I read regularly.
anyway, someone in the comments, in response to someone else talking about whether or not Democrats and Republicans were the same on this issue said to that person, "You should read Democratic Underground".
...but I agree. They should read Democratic Underground, and check out the archives in the Drug Policy forum to learn about the history of this issue since the 1930s up until legislation this week.
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This was a bipartisan effort -- one of the cosponsors was GOP. They like that weed, too. nt
MADem
May 2014
#5
Rand makes statements that sound like he's for legalization when the audience supports it. It's
okaawhatever
May 2014
#46
It's coming in 2016. The big boys with the money will do an initiative then.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#54
Only a handful of Dems voted against it, including Debbie Wasserman Schulz. WTF?
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#31
I wonder if Wasserman Schultz and Wilson are in heavily gerrymandered districts and the idea of
Uncle Joe
May 2014
#40
Was Debbie voting against the larger bill? Sometimes that happens with amendments. nt
okaawhatever
May 2014
#47