Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Bridgetown Botanicals Bridgetown Botanicals   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Invisiblegzuf
٩(̾๏̮̮̃̾๏̃̾)۶
 User Gallery

Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/13/09
Posts: 6,535
"Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced
    #14658130 - 06/23/11 06:31 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce "bi-partisan legislation tomorrow ending the federal war on marijuana and letting states legalize, regulate, tax, and control marijuana without federal interference," according to a press release from the Marijuana Policy Project that just hit my inbox. More from that email:

    Other co-sponsors include Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). The legislation would limit the federal government’s role in marijuana enforcement to cross-border or inter-state smuggling, allowing people to legally grow, use or sell marijuana in states where it is legal. The legislation is the first bill ever introduced in Congress to end federal marijuana prohibition.

    Rep. Frank’s legislation would end state/federal conflicts over marijuana policy, reprioritize federal resources, and provide more room for states to do what is best for their own citizens.

I called Morgan Fox at MPP to ask about the chances that this bill will get any serious debate time in the House (a fair question, considering that it has only one Republican supporter at the moment). "It's definitely going to get a serious debate, probably more in the media than on the floor of the House," Fox told me. "But I think it needs to be debated on the floor."

What does MPP see as obstacles?

"Someone in the prohibitionist camp could hold it up as long as they wanted, but the slew of opinion pieces that came out last week calling for the end of the failed drug war will give this momentum," Fox said.

While Paul's status as a declared presidential candidate should help with media pick-up, Frank is leading the press teleconference tomorrow, and Paul's not even on the call.

Previous Frank-Paul partnerships include a 2010 op-ed to reduce military spending and a marijuana decriminalization bill introduced in the House in 2009. In the intervening two years, Arizona and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, and the Connecticut legislature has moved to decriminalize it. Now former U.S. Attorney John McKay and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes are organizing to completely legalize marijuana in Washington State. The time is ripe.




http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/22/barney-frank-and-ron-paul-will

Comments, feedbacks, thoughts, considerations aspirations and participations welcome.



--------------------
+1 Post ٩(̾๏̮̮̃̾๏̃̾)۶



Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemorrowasted
Worldwide Stepper
Male User Gallery


Registered: 10/30/09
Posts: 31,378
Loc: House of Mirrors
Last seen: 10 days, 15 hours
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: gzuf]
    #14658186 - 06/23/11 07:06 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

repost likely to be made again


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLocky
Dont Spill Me!
Male User Gallery


Registered: 11/27/10
Posts: 9,348
Loc: Over here, yes, here
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: morrowasted]
    #14658202 - 06/23/11 07:11 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

America im guessing?


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineGill

Registered: 10/18/07
Posts: 511
Last seen: 5 years, 10 months
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: gzuf]
    #14658203 - 06/23/11 07:12 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

As awesome as this sounds, I've learned not to get my hopes up any time the occasional article pops up about marijuana prohibition reconsideration. What this article tells me is "we're considering thinking about the possibility of letting individual states consider a slight change in how marijuana criminalization is handled."

I know pessism isn't always the way to go, but I've witnessed this same song and dance many times over. I really hope I'm wrong this time.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblegzuf
٩(̾๏̮̮̃̾๏̃̾)۶
 User Gallery

Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/13/09
Posts: 6,535
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: morrowasted]
    #14658403 - 06/23/11 08:38 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

morrowasted said:
repost likely to be made again




:sad:


--------------------
+1 Post ٩(̾๏̮̮̃̾๏̃̾)۶



Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinelove2shpongleIRL
Opiophile
Male


Registered: 06/11/11
Posts: 4,784
Last seen: 11 years, 9 months
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: gzuf]
    #14658430 - 06/23/11 08:49 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Likley, nothing will come of this. Still, I am going to call my senators and representative just in case.


--------------------
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T. S. Eliot


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineskatealex2
////////////////
 User Gallery


Registered: 07/04/08
Posts: 18,699
Last seen: 4 months, 12 days
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: love2shpongleIRL]
    #14658494 - 06/23/11 09:17 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I think this is sort of a gateway bill.  It probably wont pass now but maybe in a few years it will have a higher chance of getting taken more seriously in congress.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineNormal Flora
Female


Registered: 05/16/10
Posts: 882
Last seen: 26 days, 1 hour
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: skatealex2]
    #14658526 - 06/23/11 09:25 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

skatealex2 said:
I think this is sort of a gateway bill.




Oh shit. Marijuana is a gateway drug even in bill form? This will only lead to harder bills being introduced...:uhoh:


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineskatealex2
////////////////
 User Gallery


Registered: 07/04/08
Posts: 18,699
Last seen: 4 months, 12 days
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: Normal Flora]
    #14658534 - 06/23/11 09:28 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Laurelei said:
Quote:

skatealex2 said:
I think this is sort of a gateway bill.




Oh shit. Marijuana is a gateway drug even in bill form? This will only lead to harder bills being introduced...:uhoh:





Next thing you know they'll be legalizing lsd.  :tinfoil:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePatlal
You ask too many questions
Male User Gallery

Registered: 10/09/10
Posts: 44,805
Loc: Ottawa Flag
Last seen: 1 hour, 6 minutes
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: skatealex2]
    #14658540 - 06/23/11 09:32 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

marihuana laws in 1952:

Mandatory sentencing (1952, 1956)
Mandatory sentencing and increased punishment were enacted when the United States Congress passed the Boggs Act of 1952 and the Narcotics Control Act of 1956. The acts made a first-time cannabis possession offense a minimum of two to ten years with a fine up to $20,000; however in 1970 the United States Congress repealed mandatory penalties for cannabis offenses.[21]

:uh:


--------------------


Edited by Patlal (06/23/11 09:34 AM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinetwighead
mͯó
I'm a teapot


Registered: 08/27/08
Posts: 29,686
Loc: Glenn Gould's Fuck Windmill Flag
Last seen: 6 hours, 23 minutes
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: gzuf]
    #14658751 - 06/23/11 10:31 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Fortunately the legislative system is broken and they can just shuffle this bill off to some subcommittee which will never do anything with it than it will never even be voted on.


--------------------
¿Check out some art m8?



Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinelove2shpongleIRL
Opiophile
Male


Registered: 06/11/11
Posts: 4,784
Last seen: 11 years, 9 months
Re: "Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced [Re: twighead]
    #14658777 - 06/23/11 10:37 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Just like Senator Webbs Comprehensive criminal justice reform bill. Great legislation, but since it is targeting the drug war and consensual crimes it has gotten no where.


--------------------
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T. S. Eliot


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Bridgetown Botanicals Bridgetown Botanicals   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Bill Hicks
( 1 2 all )
Adom 7,102 32 06/05/03 03:55 PM
by Xlea321
* My English paper on the drug war: MOTH 2,295 15 09/27/04 04:03 PM
by Twirling
* Penn & Teller call BULLSHIT! on The War on Drugs TheShroomHermit 2,570 12 04/29/04 06:42 AM
by Annom
* Last widow of a Civil War veteran dies KingOftheThing 874 4 06/07/19 02:39 PM
by Konyap
* The end of the world as we know it
( 1 2 3 all )
Senor_Doobie 6,759 46 11/02/02 03:08 PM
by Eightball
* Bill O'Reilly on The Daily Show trendalM 1,111 10 10/09/04 10:58 AM
by funkymonk
* Nelson Mandela Speaks out on US war with Iraq
( 1 2 3 all )
Spiffy 8,189 56 02/16/03 07:27 PM
by Cracka_X
* why does the shroomery hate the US Government?
( 1 2 3 4 5 all )
Anonymous 11,227 86 10/03/18 01:46 PM
by Ant89

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Entire Staff
1,883 topic views. 7 members, 45 guests and 79 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.028 seconds spending 0.009 seconds on 14 queries.