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Sessions torched by lawmakers for marijuana move
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:20 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:20 am
thehill.com
Leaving politics out for a moment. I saw a story of a man in a wheel chair that suffers from seizures and smokes pot at night for relief. He had a computer job and lost his job. His company fired him because he failed a urine test for pot. So there is plenty wrong with the States pot laws v. employment.
What is the fix to this?
quote:I also think it is a States rights issue and Sessions doing this is a mistake. It is like they want the R's to lose the midterms.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is facing a barrage of criticism from both parties for ending a policy that gave states the flexibility to allow sales of recreational marijuana.
Republicans, primarily from states that have legalized marijuana, joined Democrats in slamming the decision and vowing to take action to pressure Sessions to reverse course.
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) took to the Senate floor to assert that Sessions had told him before his confirmation as attorney general that he didn’t plan to try to reverse his state’s policies legalizing marijuana.
"I would like to know from the attorney general what has changed,” Gardner said. “What has changed the president's mind? Why is Donald Trump thinking differently than what he promised the people of Colorado?”
The Obama administration’s Justice Department announced in 2013 that it would not sue to block states from legalizing marijuana. A memo authored by then-Deputy Attorney General James Cole ordered U.S. attorneys to give lower prioritization to prosecuting marijuana-related cases.
That policy once appeared likely to stand under Trump, who said on the 2016 campaign trail that he would not seek to halt recreational marijuana sales in states that legalized it.
“I am a states person. I think it should be up to the states,” he said.
Leaving politics out for a moment. I saw a story of a man in a wheel chair that suffers from seizures and smokes pot at night for relief. He had a computer job and lost his job. His company fired him because he failed a urine test for pot. So there is plenty wrong with the States pot laws v. employment.
What is the fix to this?
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Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:21 am to cajunangelle
Congress could easily solve this by ending the federal prohibition on marijuana.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:22 am to cajunangelle
quote:
What is the fix to this?
The Republicans need to pass a bill to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level and leave up to states to decide. Win, win all the way around
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:23 am to cajunangelle
My main man Dana Rohrabacher with the kill shot...
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“The attorney general of the United States has just delivered an extravagant holiday gift to the drug cartels,” Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said in a blistering statement. “By attacking the will of the American people, who overwhelmingly favor marijuana legalization, Jeff Sessions has shown a preference for allowing all commerce in marijuana to take place in the black market, which will inevitably bring the spike in violence he mistakenly attributes to marijuana itself.”
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 7:25 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:23 am to cajunangelle
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What is the fix to this?
Stop smokin' dope if you don't want to have a fricked up life and no job.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:25 am to cajunangelle
Bring on SCOTUS make it legal for all.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:25 am to cajunangelle
quote:
Leaving politics out for a moment. I saw a story of a man in a wheel chair that suffers from seizures and smokes pot at night for relief. He had a computer job and lost his job. His company fired him because he failed a urine test for pot.
Things will likely remain that way too, even if it were legalized at the federal level. Private companies can still dictate their own terms of employment.
As far as the Sessions thing, optics are very bad, but Congress is putting on another dog and pony show here. They could change the godamn law if they wanted to, but then they'd lose those precious lobby dollars.
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 7:28 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:26 am to navy
I have hemochromatosis and cannot drink alcohol. I have a graduate degree and make a very nice living and have a promising future in my industry.
I smoke / consume high grade marijuana 3 to 4 times a week after work. There are millions of Americans like me.
I smoke / consume high grade marijuana 3 to 4 times a week after work. There are millions of Americans like me.
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 7:49 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:26 am to cajunangelle
quote:
I saw a story of a man in a wheel chair that suffers from seizures and smokes pot at night for relief. He had a computer job and lost his job. His company fired him because he failed a urine test for pot. So there is plenty wrong with the States pot laws v. employment.
It was Comcast in case you needed another reason to hate them and it was in Colorado before it was legal recreationally so he had a prescription. Courts said as long it was schedule 1 (No medical use) then they were within rights to do it.
*edit* it was dish network see Cajunangelle's post
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 7:38 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:28 am to GetCocky11
quote:Any decent job nowadays and local govt jobs for sure-- come with a background check and urine/blood test for pot and alcohol. If the feds legalize pot. Will employers still have a right to drug and alcohol test? What about jobs that the employee gets a company vehicle/service van and it is a insurance requirement (or so they are told) to pass background drug alcohol tests?
Congress could easily solve this by ending the federal prohibition on marijuana.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:28 am to cajunangelle
quote:
I saw a story of a man in a wheel chair that suffers from seizures and smokes pot at night for relief. He had a computer job and lost his job. His company fired him because he failed a urine test for pot.
yeah ... think I've seen that dude as well.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:29 am to navy
You are a simpleton.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:29 am to cajunangelle
Are they kidding?
They should do some reading.
Congress has truly abdicated its authority, always looking for some alphabet agency to make the rules these days.
They should look in the mirror before they bitch about anyone else.
They should do some reading.
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ARTICLE 1 SECTION 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Congress has truly abdicated its authority, always looking for some alphabet agency to make the rules these days.
They should look in the mirror before they bitch about anyone else.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:29 am to cajunangelle
quote:
Any decent job nowadays and local govt jobs for sure-- come with a background check and urine/blood test for pot and alcohol. If the feds legalize pot. Will employers still have a right to drug and alcohol test? What about jobs that the employee gets a company vehicle/service van and it is a insurance requirement (or so they are told) to pass background drug alcohol tests?
Just leave it alone. It's fine the way it is.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:29 am to cajunangelle
quote:If Sessions intent is to go after MJ as Obama did prior to the 2012 elections, it would be a major mistake.
I also think it is a States rights issue and Sessions doing this is a mistake.
Regardless, if lawmakers don't like it, then they can do their jobs and pass better law.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:30 am to cajunangelle
quote:
What is the fix for this?
Has marijuana been prescribed by a Physician as a treatment for the seizures? What chemical in marijuana is effective in treating seizures? Are there any other legal drugs that are effective in treating seizures?
It sounds like this person is using his seizures as an excuse to get high.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:32 am to cajunangelle
Congress needs to fix this.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:32 am to cajunangelle
How about lawmakers change the fricking law then?
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:33 am to Perfect Circle
quote:
Has marijuana been prescribed by a Physician as a treatment for the seizures?
Yes.
quote:
What chemical in marijuana is effective in treating seizures?
Cannabidiol CBD (not the THC that gets you high)
quote:
Are there any other legal drugs that are effective in treating seizures?
Nothing has been found that is anywhere NEAR effective as CBD has been.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:33 am to GetCocky11
quote:
Congress could easily solve this by ending the federal prohibition on marijuana.
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It’s hilarious for law makers to cry about the Atty gen enforcing the laws they wrote.
Bonus: They cried for years that Garner and Lynch weren’t enforcing federal laws. You can’t have it both ways.
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