Federal ban on medical marijuana was lifted in recent spending bill.
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[quote]Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.
The bill's passage over the weekend marks the first time Congress has approved nationally significant legislation backed by legalization advocates. It brings almost to a close two decades of tension between the states and Washington over medical use of marijuana.
Under the provision, states where medical pot is legal would no longer need to worry about federal drug agents raiding retail operations. Agents would be prohibited from doing so.[/quote]
[url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-medical-pot-20141216-story.html]Source[/url]
Nvm, old article. Looked at [url]http://www.inquisitr.com/2645930/federal-ban-lifted-on-medical-marijuana-provision-lifting-the-ban-quietly-placed-in-the-recent-spending-bill/[/url] then went to a LA times article of the same thing but was a year ago.
One step backward (CISA snuck in), two steps forward?
That is almost unbelieveable.
This is not satire right?
Hopefully we will be hearing what the states will do with this info in the coming weeks.
NASA gets funded, medical pot's legal, and the intelligence state is even stronger. Win some, lose some.
absolutely dank
nvm, it's a old article.
This is where iIheard it from then looked at a article at the LA times.
[url]http://www.inquisitr.com/2645930/federal-ban-lifted-on-medical-marijuana-provision-lifting-the-ban-quietly-placed-in-the-recent-spending-bill/[/url]
This is positive but seriously, riders are bullshit
On one hand I believe it should've been left to the states to decide this subject of legality for marijuana.
But knowing the shithead we have here as governor it would be a long time before anything close to recreational use saw the light of day.
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;49358847]On one hand I believe it should've been left to the states to decide this subject of legality for marijuana.
But knowing the shithead we have here as governor it would be a long time before anything close to recreational use saw the light of day.[/QUOTE]
If the federal ban is lifted it [i]is[/i] up to the states to make it legal/illegal.
It is when it was a federal offense where states had no say in the matter and the feds could intervene any legal drug dispensary in washington or colorado or wherever else it's legal in.
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;49358847]On one hand I believe it should've been left to the states to decide this subject of legality for marijuana.
But knowing the shithead we have here as governor it would be a long time before anything close to recreational use saw the light of day.[/QUOTE]
Rights of the individual are no business of their neighbors. State law variance is for matters of public policy, not to arbitrarily restrict rights at home.
I find it fitting that they passed this with zero fanfare. Like a parent quietly relenting after being nagged for hours by their kids.
[QUOTE=ImimI;49358926]I find it fitting that they passed this with zero fanfare. Like a parent quietly relenting after being nagged for hours by their kids.[/QUOTE]
The government has been beating the prohibition drum for decades, and louder than ever since Nancy Reagan fearmongered my entire generation. They're not exactly going to hold a huge party to announce that they've been wrong all this time.
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;49358847]On one hand I believe it should've been left to the states to decide this subject of legality for marijuana.
But knowing the shithead we have here as governor it would be a long time before anything close to recreational use saw the light of day.[/QUOTE] firstly, this just bars feds from raiding at their leisure where states have already legalized medical marijuana and secondly i disagree, fuck the double standard to have two legal drugs killing hundreds of thousands of americans whilst a medicine that can't kill people no matter how much you give them remains legally on par w meth and heroin
Here's the portion of the bill
[QUOTE]SEC. 542. [B]None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used[/B], with respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico, [B]to prevent any of them from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana[/B].[/QUOTE]
The states missing from that list are Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and West Virginia.
So is that about a 4/5th majority? Man we are closer than I thought to legalization
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