President Biden says he will take executive action to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession.

[Ralph Norton]

The most fanatical of the police-state supporters here are upset.

What good is cops planting drugs on minority suspects, if the drugs aren't illegal?

And how can our tax dollars get transferred to the prison-industrial complex and their big donations to Republican politicians if enough people aren't being jailed for pot possession?

Yeah, it's not that way in every state now, but progress is being made.

There's no foolin' you is there?

 

[BlindBoo]

That would require congressional action.

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Apparently the USAG can also reschedule it.

 

[Ralph Norton]

Usually it's tied to more serious crimes, like possession with intent to sell, trafficking or as an additional charge with nonrelated crimes. The feds don't normally get involved in cases of simple possession.

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And if that's the case, then this pardon is meaningless.
Oh wait, that makes sense now..... high profile but meaningless gesture prior to the mid-terms.

 

[dblack]

And if that's the case, then this pardon is meaningless.
Oh wait, that makes sense now..... high profile but meaningless gesture prior to the mid-terms.

Stunt show populism. American voters eat that shit up.

 

[OKTexas]

So? Should have happened a long time ago. Simple possession...of pot. Sheesh. Sure, that's a reason to crowd the jails.
Pot smokers are normally chill. They wouldn't as a rule pull a gun. That's left to the booze swilling and coke snorting.

There are no nonviolent drug crimes, including simple possession. Pot smokers are the reason dealers and cartels kill people.

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[OKTexas]

Good to know you are good with convicted drug users buying and owning firearms.

Until gun laws are changed, drug use is still a disqualifier for owning/possessing a firearm. Congress would have to do that.

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[Lesh]

No, Harris sent thousands of black men to STATE prison, some for decades, on marijuana charges. Then you voted for her.

LOL

So … no link.

Ohhh

 

[OKTexas]

whats being convicted have to do with it???

just because you use smoke weed doesnt mean youre a bad person,,

Yeah, all good people knowingly break the law. LMAO

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[basquebromance]

 

[progressive hunter]

Yeah, all good people knowingly break the law. LMAO

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when did weed smokers become bad people??

as for breaking the laws,, everyone breaks laws all the time,,

 

[progressive hunter]

There are no nonviolent drug crimes, including simple possession. Pot smokers are the reason dealers and cartels kill people.

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that would mean anyone that voted for dems or repubes are guilty on the crimes them committ,,,

 

[dblack]

that would mean anyone that voted for dems or repubes are guilty on the crimes them committ,,,

Works for me.

 

[progressive hunter]

Until gun laws are changed, drug use is still a disqualifier for owning/possessing a firearm. Congress would have to do that.

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as per the 2nd A all gun laws are unconstitutional,,

you do support the constitution dont you??

 

[OKTexas]

Apparently the USAG can also reschedule it.

I don't think so, it's written into law.

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[playtime]

Tomorrow's headline: Marijuana found to be effective treatment for dementia!

that headline was nearly 20 yrs ago.

12) United States Patent Hampson et al. USOO6630507B1 (10) Patent No.: US 6,630,507 B1 (45)

Date of Patent: Oct. 7, 2003

ABSTRACT Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treat ment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, Such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, Such as Stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurode generative diseases, Such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkin sons disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, Such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention. A particular disclosed class of cannabinoids useful as neuroprotective antioxidants is formula (I) wherein the R group is independently Selected from the group consisting of H, CH, and COCH.
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/47/32/b4/3cd27274085e6c/US6630507.pdf

 

[playtime]

when did weed smokers become bad people??

as for breaking the laws,, everyone breaks laws all the time,,

dope smokers tend to stay home, eat & watch cartoons.

 

[OKTexas]

when did weed smokers become bad people??

as for breaking the laws,, everyone breaks laws all the time,,

That's not true. I don't break laws, including traffic laws.

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[BlindBoo]

I don't think so, it's written into law.

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"Cannabis could be rescheduled either legislatively, through Congress, or through the executive branch. Congress has so far rejected all bills to reschedule cannabis. However, it is not unheard of for Congress to intervene in the drug scheduling process; in February 2000, for instance, the 105th Congress, in its second official session, passed Public Law 106-172, also known as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reed Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000,[21] adding GHB to Schedule I.[22] On June 23, 2011, Rep. Barney Frank and Rep. Ron Paul introduced H.R. 2306,[23] legislation that would completely remove cannabis from the federal schedules, limiting the federal government's role to policing cross-border or interstate transfers into states where it remains illegal.

The Controlled Substances Act also provides for a rulemaking process by which the United States Attorney General can reschedule cannabis administratively. "

From the Wiki-monster

Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[OKTexas]

that would mean anyone that voted for dems or repubes are guilty on the crimes them committ,,,

Don't know many politicians that kill people on a regular basis.

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[JackOfNoTrades]

There are no nonviolent drug crimes, including simple possession. Pot smokers are the reason dealers and cartels kill people.

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Legalize it. All the way around. Decriminalize it. Hell, tax it if you wish.
Pot isn't driving violent drug dealers and cartels.

It's simple possession. Pot doesn't make you violent.
That's reserved for the narcotics and the legal drug (alcohol).