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Congress Quietly Ends Federal Government's Ban On Medical Marijuana
Posted on 12/16/14 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 6:35 pm
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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.
The Obama administration has largely followed that rule since last year as a matter of policy. But the measure approved as part of the spending bill, which President Obama plans to sign this week, will codify it as a matter of law.
Pot advocates had lobbied Congress to embrace the administration's policy, which they warned was vulnerable to revision under a less tolerant future administration.
More important, from the standpoint of activists, Congress' action marked the emergence of a new alliance in marijuana politics: Republicans are taking a prominent role in backing states' right to allow use of a drug the federal government still officially classifies as more dangerous than cocaine.
"This is a victory for so many," said the measure's coauthor, Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa. The measure's approval, he said, represents "the first time in decades that the federal government has curtailed its oppressive prohibition of marijuana."
By now, 32 states and the District of Colombia have legalized pot or its ingredients to treat ailments, a movement that began in the 1990s. Even back then, some states had been approving broader decriminalization measures for two decades.
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A great step forward in the right direction to ending the War on Drugs.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 9:34 pm to Sentrius
Congress: "How the frick did that slip in?"
Posted on 12/16/14 at 9:47 pm to Sentrius
Great first step. Although it cracks me up that they have to bury in a massive piece of legislation.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 9:48 pm to Sentrius
nice to see this sneak in there. I hope some of the tards that were against it passed this without even knowing it
Posted on 12/16/14 at 9:51 pm to Sentrius
I thought the spending bill contained language to nerf the DC legalization and make it basically illegal again?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 9:54 pm to KosmoCramer
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I thought the spending bill contained language to nerf the DC legalization and make it basically illegal again?
That's unfortunate as hell but this has nothing to do with that. I hope DC can fight well enough to get that fixed.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:28 pm to Sentrius
Proves what an irresponsible stupid idiot you are, drugs have destroyed millions of lives and cost millions of lives. Anyone that does drugs or advocates for drugs is an ignorant loser.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:29 pm to S.E.C. Crazy
quote:Please stop talking about alcohol and tobacco, it's off-topic.
Proves what an irresponsible stupid idiot you are, drugs have destroyed millions of lives and cost millions of lives.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:30 pm to upgrayedd
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Great first step. Although it cracks me up that they have to bury in a massive piece of legislation.
Why would this surprise you? Slipping in things on the sly is the M.O. of politicians.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:32 pm to Revelator
Doesn't surprise me but it does amuse me
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:34 pm to S.E.C. Crazy
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Proves what an irresponsible stupid idiot you are
Oh really?
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drugs have destroyed millions of lives
No argument there. We've put them in jail and took away their freedom over consuming a substance that nobody forced them to consume instead of letting them suffer the consequences of their actions with employment and familial relations.
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Anyone that does drugs or advocates for drugs is an ignorant loser.
I hope you don't drink alcohol or take a puff of a cigarette. Those are drugs that kill more people than weed, meth, or coke and yet they're legal.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:38 pm to Sentrius
I know Indians can grow and sell it now. A real hash bar coming soon to nearest Indian Casino
Posted on 12/16/14 at 11:53 pm to S.E.C. Crazy
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Anyone that does drugs or advocates for drugs is an ignorant loser.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:55 am to Iosh
quote:+1,000,000,000,000,000
Please stop talking about alcohol and tobacco, it's off-topic.
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