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"Bi-Partisan Bill Ending the Federal War on Marijuana" to be introduced
#14658130 - 06/23/11 06:31 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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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.
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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) |
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repost likely to be made again
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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) |
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America im guessing?
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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) |
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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.
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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) |
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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) |
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Likley, nothing will come of this. Still, I am going to call my senators and representative just in case.
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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) |
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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.
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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) |
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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...
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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) |
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Laurelei said:
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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...
Next thing you know they'll be legalizing lsd.
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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) |
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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]
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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) |
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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.
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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) |
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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.
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