14 States with Pending Legislation or Ballot Measures to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Your burning tree in the '70s does not surpass my own qualifications, which for legal reasons I cannot get into here. But trust me.

And no I'm not overly hard on Obama. I voted for him. I just think he has been an unbelievable wuss on this issue. Laughing at the notion of legalization in public? Please. How is he better than a Republican? He has granted us a tiny window of time (4 or 8 years) within a tiny division of territory (Cali and a handful of other states) in which we are temporarily free from harassment. Great accomplishment. Not.

I agree with you all the way till the last part.
Now, it's up to the grassroots movement and common sense americans to push him on it big time. As he did sell us and the anti-war block out big time on that we agree.
I just googled the next states to do legal medical mj and there's about a dozen more. I don't think that is the case without this Huge move to leave states alone. I know the racist retards in Louisiana will be among the last to do it but plenty of democratic states are working on it.
 
I agree with you all the way till the last part.
Now, it's up to the grassroots movement and common sense americans to push him on it big time. As he did sell us and the anti-war block out big time on that we agree.
I just googled the next states to do legal medical mj and there's about a dozen more. I don't think that is the case without this Huge move to leave states alone. I know the racist retards in Louisiana will be among the last to do it but plenty of democratic states are working on it.

did you skip over the part about what happens after republicans gain power? or perhaps another non MJ dem?

prohibition cannot be ended without seriously limiting the feds commerce clause power.
 
did you skip over the part about what happens after republicans gain power? or perhaps another non MJ dem?

prohibition cannot be ended without seriously limiting the feds commerce clause power.

I'm hoping that progress, serious progress is made in the next two years. Starting with Cali budget crisis.
I don't dissagree if we get a republican(prohibitionist - all but basically Paul) we are toast.
 
He might accidentally turn the economy around with this.

Do the math, 800,000 annual arrest for pot possession.
subtract the cost of jail, police and add the sales and income tax these kids will be paying.
Then add all the tax that used to be on underground and now legal sales.

It honestly isn't going to come close to paying for it, top.

Although I agree that arresting people for pot possession hurts them later in life and has a depressing effect on our economy, it will be long-term to fix that problem unless we just pass a law wiping everyone's slate clean.
 
It honestly isn't going to come close to paying for it, top.

Although I agree that arresting people for pot possession hurts them later in life and has a depressing effect on our economy, it will be long-term to fix that problem unless we just pass a law wiping everyone's slate clean.

It's called a presidential pardon.
 
It's called a presidential pardon.

Well we could issue presidential pardons to all people who were caught up in the marijuania trade, but we'd still need federal consent.

IMHO the best way out of this would be to make some sort of marijuania legalization treaty with another state. It would be quicker than a constitutional amendment to force the states to legalize it (treaties apply to states). It would be even better if the supreme court would just realize you had a right to privacy regarding marijuania.
 
Well we could issue presidential pardons to all people who were caught up in the marijuania trade, but we'd still need federal consent.

IMHO the best way out of this would be to make some sort of marijuania legalization treaty with another state. It would be quicker than a constitutional amendment to force the states to legalize it (treaties apply to states). It would be even better if the supreme court would just realize you had a right to privacy regarding marijuania.

what would be better is to have the supreme court realize that the commerce clause doesn't give congress the power to regulate the growth of a weed.
 
Actually Top, it appears you don't understand this. STY is correct.

What Obama has done is at best a bandaid over the problem. As soon as we have a Republican president again, which we will in either 2012 or 2016, that Republican will roll back the order to not target dispensaries in states that have allowed them.

Obama is trying to placate us with half-hearted motions, and it is not enough.
Not just that, but with this half hearted "no enforce" policy hundreds of new dispensaries will open creating even more targets for the next "drugs are bad mmmmkay" administration creating many more criminals almost overnight. Obama is too afraid to just push through a legalization bill and members of congress are too scared to pass it because the majority of voters are too stupid to see that prohibition is a failure regardless of what is being prohibited.
 
It is miles from legalization. But considering the ground actually lost under Bush, I call it miles achieved in just 9 months.
Much work is left to be done, this should inspire stoners to act or lose decades to the ghestapo.
 
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