Victory: Congress ends war on medical marijuana
In a landmark moment for cannabis law reform, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure late Thursday night to de-fund the federal war on medical marijuana. If passed by the Senate and signed by President Obama, the provision would bring a halt to the three-year-long medi-pot crackdown in California and other states.
The Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment to the $1.1 trillion cromnibus spending bill blocks the use of Department of Justice funds to “prevent [medical marijuana states] from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.”
Americans are tired of the War on Drugs.
78% of us are ready to move on, at least according to Third Way, which is a front for republican politics, so possibly more significant than it appears, given the republicans' longstanding jihad against the Herb That Kills Nobody.
But, still, screw the republicans for all the horrible stuff they have done to thwart this essential change: DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE PUSHING THIS, if they weren't such feeble weenies.
OK, not all of them are: some of them get it right, proving it can be done -
“This is great news for medical marijuana patients all across the country,” stated Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA), one of the co-authors of the House measure, in a press release. “This amendment protects patients while the federal government catches up with the views of the American people. Patients will have access to the care legal in their state without fear of federal prosecution. And our federal dollars will be spent more wisely on fighting actual crimes and not wasted going after patients.”
Come on Dems: get it together.
We're getting closer and its safer every day to come out and support this.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party insist on owning reefer madness and the war against marijuana
The District will be prohibited from legalizing marijuana for the much of the coming year under a spending deal reached Tuesday between top Senate Democrats and House Republicans to fund the federal government through next September.
The development — upending voter-approved Initiative 71 — shocked elected D.C. leaders, advocates for marijuana legalization and civil liberties groups who earlier in the day had grown confident that the measure would be at least partially protected while Democrats still controlled the Senate.
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“I can’t believe they did this,” D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said. “We don’t need to be locking these people up.”
Hello????
Repeat after me: Republicans OWN Reefer Madness.
Republicans OWN Reefer Madness.
Republicans OWN reefer Madness.
Cannabis law reform is inevitable and Democrats should want to claim the victory for it.
"Should".
Only the truly uninformed, dimwits and tools (and other types of republicans) remain opposed to it
Still, great news: a baby step closer to doing things correctly.