Bill to remove Pot from Federal regulation sponsored in House

[Weatherman2020]

Now that pot has been more or less legal in some states for a while, scientists are finding additional evidence that pot is not harmless.

Yep. That's one of the many benefits of legalization - reliable information about the risks of use. We also get better quality control, and people don't have to deal with potentially dangerous criminals to get their weed.

Yes, using people as medical experiment fodder is a wonderful idea.
Let's just eliminate the FDA and let anyone put out drugs.
We will eventually find out which ones to avoid.

About 46 years ago the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. "the Shafer Commission"), appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, formally made its recommendation.

"Neither the marihuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety,"

Nixon Commission Report Advising Decriminalization of Marijuana Celebrates 30th Anniversary - NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws

The so called Drug War was the biggest scam in the 20th century and looks like it's going to help usher in a new age of Fascism in the 21st.

Then if it is so safe and is such a miracle drug, put it thru the FDA process for drug approval like every other drug used in the US must go thru.

But there is a reason no one does.

It's all bullshit. It's about getting high.

The benefits to cancer patients is undeniable.

So what if it IS about getting high? That’s all alcohol is for.

Marinol is easily prescribed.
It won't get you high so you don't like it.

Marinol: Drug Uses, Dosage & Side Effects - Drugs.com

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yep. That's one of the many benefits of legalization - reliable information about the risks of use. We also get better quality control, and people don't have to deal with potentially dangerous criminals to get their weed.

Yes, using people as medical experiment fodder is a wonderful idea.
Let's just eliminate the FDA and let anyone put out drugs.
We will eventually find out which ones to avoid.

About 46 years ago the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. "the Shafer Commission"), appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, formally made its recommendation.

"Neither the marihuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety,"

Nixon Commission Report Advising Decriminalization of Marijuana Celebrates 30th Anniversary - NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws

The so called Drug War was the biggest scam in the 20th century and looks like it's going to help usher in a new age of Fascism in the 21st.

Then if it is so safe and is such a miracle drug, put it thru the FDA process for drug approval like every other drug used in the US must go thru.

But there is a reason no one does.

It's all bullshit. It's about getting high.

Unfortunately, because marijuana is classified as a Schedule I substance, the only research that is allowed to be done by the government (FDA) is the research that says how bad it is. Schedule I substances are considered to be highly physically addictive with zero medical benefit, and are not allowed to be researched for the positive effects.

THAT is why no research on the benefits has been done by the FDA. Remove it from Schedule I down to Schedule II or III, and then doctors all over the country will be able to research it and prescribe it.

And, there has already been research done by people outside of the government that shows it does have benefits for health.

Bullshit excuse. People study every known drug out there, from pot to PCP. Easy to obtain permission for medical studies. That's how they came up with the pills that provide the beneficial chemicals cancer patients saw when smoking pot.

But pills don't get you high, so no one wants to go that route.

No, it's not a bullshit excuse. Like I said, for the last 8 years of my career in the Navy, I was a Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor, and it was part of my job to know stuff like this. It's the truth, but you don't want to hear it............

Controlled Substance Schedules

Schedule I Controlled Substances
Substances in this schedule have no currently accepted medical use in the United States, a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision, and a high potential for abuse.

Some examples of substances listed in Schedule I are: heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), peyote, methaqualone, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy").

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yep. That's one of the many benefits of legalization - reliable information about the risks of use. We also get better quality control, and people don't have to deal with potentially dangerous criminals to get their weed.

Yes, using people as medical experiment fodder is a wonderful idea.
Let's just eliminate the FDA and let anyone put out drugs.
We will eventually find out which ones to avoid.

About 46 years ago the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. "the Shafer Commission"), appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, formally made its recommendation.

"Neither the marihuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety,"

Nixon Commission Report Advising Decriminalization of Marijuana Celebrates 30th Anniversary - NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws

The so called Drug War was the biggest scam in the 20th century and looks like it's going to help usher in a new age of Fascism in the 21st.

Then if it is so safe and is such a miracle drug, put it thru the FDA process for drug approval like every other drug used in the US must go thru.

But there is a reason no one does.

It's all bullshit. It's about getting high.

The benefits to cancer patients is undeniable.

So what if it IS about getting high? That’s all alcohol is for.

Marinol is easily prescribed.
It won't get you high so you don't like it.

Marinol: Drug Uses, Dosage & Side Effects - Drugs.com

It comes with a whole bunch of side effects that marijuana doesn't have. But, that is because all the safeguards that were in the plant were removed. Same thing happens with cocoa leaves. You can chew cocoa leaves all you want, and will never become addicted. However, they are good for keeping you alert and they also help people with O2 uptake at high altitude.

But take away all the plant material and refine it down to cocaine? Now you have something that will blow up your heart and make you addicted.

And yes, if you had bothered to actually read your link, you would see that yes, Marinol can get you high.

From your link....................................

Marinol causes effects that will impair your thinking or reactions. Do not drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert until the effects wear off.

 

[initforme]

One cannot be pro life and against medical pot. To deny those in horrible pain the benefits is Anti life and anti human. There is no rebuttal for this.

 

[OnePercenter]

it needs to at least be decriminalized and taken off of schedule 1.... but have tough penalties for those who abuse it....like driving or smoking around others....

But smoking is legal.

 

[evenflow1969]

This only has 6 sponsors so far, and hasn't even been taken up in committee, but it's a start. Lets see if it even sees the light of day.

Cosponsors - H.R.1227 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017

The crux of the text as it amends the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Prohibition On Certain Shipping Or Transportation.—This Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

So basically Pot would get the Alcohol treatment. States can regulate it, and all the feds do is punish people who try to bring it into places where it is locally banned.

ya, they should have done this before the cartels got rich! You would have thought we would have learned something from prohibition but eveidently not.

 

[konradv]

Marinol is easily prescribed. It won't get you high so you don't like it.

Nothing against marinol, the problem here is that you don't want people that like to smoke pot to have it. What business is it of yours? It's never been proven to be as dangerous as legal drugs such as alcohol or tobacco, so where's the beef?

 

[Muhammed]

This only has 6 sponsors so far, and hasn't even been taken up in committee, but it's a start. Lets see if it even sees the light of day.

Cosponsors - H.R.1227 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017

The crux of the text as it amends the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Prohibition On Certain Shipping Or Transportation.—This Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

So basically Pot would get the Alcohol treatment. States can regulate it, and all the feds do is punish people who try to bring it into places where it is locally banned.

Unfortunately, due to Democrat traitors, now isn't the time for federal deregulation of marijuana. Trump would have to veto the bill on national security grounds. They need to keep marijuana illegal in order to pull out that trump card to put the fucking squeeze on sanctuary cities.

As we speak, California's government is becoming dependent on taxes from the sale of marijuana. And at the same time, marijuana addicts are becoming dependent on legal pot stores.

It's making the traitors as vulnerable as a crackwhore.

 

[Marion Morrison]

This only has 6 sponsors so far, and hasn't even been taken up in committee, but it's a start. Lets see if it even sees the light of day.

Cosponsors - H.R.1227 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017

The crux of the text as it amends the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Prohibition On Certain Shipping Or Transportation.—This Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

So basically Pot would get the Alcohol treatment. States can regulate it, and all the feds do is punish people who try to bring it into places where it is locally banned.

It won't see the light of day. Not with Republicans as a majority.

You might have a better chance with libertarian leaning republicans than with most dems. I don't see the democratic caucus screaming for it.

There's only one Republican in Congress who has gone on the record supporting marijuana legalization. There are 21 Democrats.

That's far from enough to do anything.

 

[JimH52]

Only 6 sponsors and hasn't been taken up in committee but pipe dreamers say "it's a start". Be advised that President Trump doesn't smoke or drink so y'all pot heads might as well table your fantasy for at least four years and most likely 8 years.

Or until he is arrested....

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I have a friend in Rhode Island that was taking Marinol for the effects of chemo. She was incredibly sick. The doctor felt so sorry for her, she went down to 80 pounds, that he suggested if she could get real pot, take it. She did. Same effect as Marinol. Nothing. She was too sick to even get high. Fortunately she's better now.

 

[Borillar]

I have a friend in Rhode Island that was taking Marinol for the effects of chemo. She was incredibly sick. The doctor felt so sorry for her, she went down to 80 pounds, that he suggested if she could get real pot, take it. She did. Same effect as Marinol. Nothing. She was too sick to even get high. Fortunately she's better now.

Glad that she is doing better now. Pot is an effective antiemetic. One of the problems with taking a marinol pill is that a lot of chemo patients can’t keep anything down. You can’t throw up smoke or vapor, and the effect is rapid.

 

[BlindBoo]

Now that pot has been more or less legal in some states for a while, scientists are finding additional evidence that pot is not harmless.

Yep. That's one of the many benefits of legalization - reliable information about the risks of use. We also get better quality control, and people don't have to deal with potentially dangerous criminals to get their weed.

Yes, using people as medical experiment fodder is a wonderful idea.
Let's just eliminate the FDA and let anyone put out drugs.
We will eventually find out which ones to avoid.

About 46 years ago the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. "the Shafer Commission"), appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, formally made its recommendation.

"Neither the marihuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety,"

Nixon Commission Report Advising Decriminalization of Marijuana Celebrates 30th Anniversary - NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws

The so called Drug War was the biggest scam in the 20th century and looks like it's going to help usher in a new age of Fascism in the 21st.

Then if it is so safe and is such a miracle drug, put it thru the FDA process for drug approval like every other drug used in the US must go thru.

But there is a reason no one does.

It's all bullshit. It's about getting high.

Nothing in the study actually said it was "so safe" or a "miracle drug". What they said is that it doesn't "constitute a danger to public safety".

What was the FDA approval process for alcohol? Tobacco?

 

[martybegan]

No, there is no direct link in the sense that marijuana doesn't make people schizophrenic. It's that the symptoms of schizophrenia can be made worse by smoking marijuana. Alcohol also makes it worse.

Marijuana leads to schizophrenia.

If you want evidence, look at every leftist.

Plus marijuana causes cancer.

or people who schizophrenia go to pot to try to treat it.

Correlation is not causation.

And modern vaping technology removes most of the cancer risk from pot, same as with cigarettes.

Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

Vaping and Lung Cancer: What You Should Know

Web.md.....probably referencing the same quality of studies that promote Climate change.


It's amazing, people come up with an improved way to inhale things like nicotine and cannabis and the ban-happy-killjoys find other ways to try to make people enjoy only the things THEY enjoy....

Yes, let's bypass the FDA and experiment on people!

Will be more fun than thalidomide!

What't there to experiment on? Going by that logic you should never leave your house, and while in your house you should always breathe through a HEPA filter.

Vaping removes combustion, which removes combustion products. Combustion products are the cancer causing agents, the emphysema causing agents when it comes to tobacco.

 

[martybegan]

or people who schizophrenia go to pot to try to treat it.

Correlation is not causation.

And modern vaping technology removes most of the cancer risk from pot, same as with cigarettes.

Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

Vaping and Lung Cancer: What You Should Know

Web.md.....probably referencing the same quality of studies that promote Climate change.


It's amazing, people come up with an improved way to inhale things like nicotine and cannabis and the ban-happy-killjoys find other ways to try to make people enjoy only the things THEY enjoy....

Yes, let's bypass the FDA and experiment on people!

Will be more fun than thalidomide!

Don't worry. No one will make you take drugs!

Yeah? No one will ever smoke outdoors or get in a car high?

Dumbass moron.

One person smoking or vaping outside will not give you a contact high.

And we have the same issue with alcohol which can be handled the same way as alcohol.

 

[martybegan]

This only has 6 sponsors so far, and hasn't even been taken up in committee, but it's a start. Lets see if it even sees the light of day.

Cosponsors - H.R.1227 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017

The crux of the text as it amends the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Prohibition On Certain Shipping Or Transportation.—This Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

So basically Pot would get the Alcohol treatment. States can regulate it, and all the feds do is punish people who try to bring it into places where it is locally banned.

ya, they should have done this before the cartels got rich! You would have thought we would have learned something from prohibition but eveidently not.

it's hard to legalize something once made illegal.

 

[martybegan]

This only has 6 sponsors so far, and hasn't even been taken up in committee, but it's a start. Lets see if it even sees the light of day.

Cosponsors - H.R.1227 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017

The crux of the text as it amends the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Prohibition On Certain Shipping Or Transportation.—This Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

So basically Pot would get the Alcohol treatment. States can regulate it, and all the feds do is punish people who try to bring it into places where it is locally banned.

Unfortunately, due to Democrat traitors, now isn't the time for federal deregulation of marijuana. Trump would have to veto the bill on national security grounds. They need to keep marijuana illegal in order to pull out that trump card to put the fucking squeeze on sanctuary cities.

As we speak, California's government is becoming dependent on taxes from the sale of marijuana. And at the same time, marijuana addicts are becoming dependent on legal pot stores.

It's making the traitors as vulnerable as a crackwhore.

The benefits of just legalizing it (for states that want it legal) outweigh any political gains from screwing over California.

 

[debbiedowner]

Now that pot has been more or less legal in some states for a while, scientists are finding additional evidence that pot is not harmless.

Yep. That's one of the many benefits of legalization - reliable information about the risks of use. We also get better quality control, and people don't have to deal with potentially dangerous criminals to get their weed.

Yes, using people as medical experiment fodder is a wonderful idea.
Let's just eliminate the FDA and let anyone put out drugs.
We will eventually find out which ones to avoid.

About 46 years ago the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. "the Shafer Commission"), appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, formally made its recommendation.

"Neither the marihuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety,"

Nixon Commission Report Advising Decriminalization of Marijuana Celebrates 30th Anniversary - NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws

The so called Drug War was the biggest scam in the 20th century and looks like it's going to help usher in a new age of Fascism in the 21st.

Then if it is so safe and is such a miracle drug, put it thru the FDA process for drug approval like every other drug used in the US must go thru.

But there is a reason no one does.

It's all bullshit. It's about getting high.

This may be the reason the FDA doesn't do a study:

Why It's So Hard For Scientists To Study Medical Marijuana

The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 placed marijuana in the most restrictive use category, Schedule I, deeming it a drug with no medicinal value and high potential for abuse. To do clinical research with marijuana, you need a DEA license, and you need to get your study approved by the FDA. When it comes to actually obtaining research-grade marijuana, though, you have to go through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a process that has proved problematic for some researchers determined to study the potential medical benefits of pot.

there is more to the article if you bother to read it.

 

[debbiedowner]

Yep. That's one of the many benefits of legalization - reliable information about the risks of use. We also get better quality control, and people don't have to deal with potentially dangerous criminals to get their weed.

Yes, using people as medical experiment fodder is a wonderful idea.
Let's just eliminate the FDA and let anyone put out drugs.
We will eventually find out which ones to avoid.

About 46 years ago the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. "the Shafer Commission"), appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, formally made its recommendation.

"Neither the marihuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety,"

Nixon Commission Report Advising Decriminalization of Marijuana Celebrates 30th Anniversary - NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws

The so called Drug War was the biggest scam in the 20th century and looks like it's going to help usher in a new age of Fascism in the 21st.

Then if it is so safe and is such a miracle drug, put it thru the FDA process for drug approval like every other drug used in the US must go thru.

But there is a reason no one does.

It's all bullshit. It's about getting high.

Unfortunately, because marijuana is classified as a Schedule I substance, the only research that is allowed to be done by the government (FDA) is the research that says how bad it is. Schedule I substances are considered to be highly physically addictive with zero medical benefit, and are not allowed to be researched for the positive effects.

THAT is why no research on the benefits has been done by the FDA. Remove it from Schedule I down to Schedule II or III, and then doctors all over the country will be able to research it and prescribe it.

And, there has already been research done by people outside of the government that shows it does have benefits for health.

Bullshit excuse. People study every known drug out there, from pot to PCP. Easy to obtain permission for medical studies. That's how they came up with the pills that provide the beneficial chemicals cancer patients saw when smoking pot.

But pills don't get you high, so no one wants to go that route.

But pills do make you high and destroys good bacteria in your body.

 

[Muhammed]

This only has 6 sponsors so far, and hasn't even been taken up in committee, but it's a start. Lets see if it even sees the light of day.

Cosponsors - H.R.1227 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017

The crux of the text as it amends the Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Prohibition On Certain Shipping Or Transportation.—This Act shall not apply to marihuana, except that it shall be unlawful only to ship or transport, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, marihuana, from one State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, when such marihuana is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

So basically Pot would get the Alcohol treatment. States can regulate it, and all the feds do is punish people who try to bring it into places where it is locally banned.

Unfortunately, due to Democrat traitors, now isn't the time for federal deregulation of marijuana. Trump would have to veto the bill on national security grounds. They need to keep marijuana illegal in order to pull out that trump card to put the fucking squeeze on sanctuary cities.

As we speak, California's government is becoming dependent on taxes from the sale of marijuana. And at the same time, marijuana addicts are becoming dependent on legal pot stores.

It's making the traitors as vulnerable as a crackwhore.

The benefits of just legalizing it (for states that want it legal) outweigh any political gains from screwing over California.

What "political gains" are you talking about?

I was talking about national security gains.