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Bring it on. Do SOMETHING for once.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-republicans-move-decriminalize-marijuana-federal-level-2021-11-15/
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November 15, 20213:56 PM ESTLast Updated 5 days ago
REUTERS/Mike Segar
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and eliminate legal hazards facing many cannabis-related businesses while regulating its use like alcohol.
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It would prohibit marijuana use by those under 21, restrict advertising, protect access to hiring and benefits for veterans who have used cannabis and expunge the records of people convicted on nonviolent, cannabis-only related offenses.
The bill diverges in several important ways from draft legislation proposed in July by Senate Democrats including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Mace's bill would impose a 3% excise tax on cannabis, compared to an increasing Senate tax proposal that would top out at around 25%.
Where the Senate proposal would give the Food and Drug Administration a primary oversight role, the Republican legislation limits FDA involvement to medical marijuana and makes the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau the primary regulator for interstate commerce.
getemjoe
(39 posts)jimfields33
(15,948 posts)If they put it towards the BBB money, that would be perfect. For example, add it to the pre-K funding then it would be a great use of the tax.
Bernardo de La Paz
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asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)https://roselawgroupreporter.com/2021/11/program-to-create-social-equity-licenses-for-marijuana-shops-in-arizona-hit-with-lawsuit/
Shermann
(7,428 posts)multigraincracker
(32,715 posts)Prisoners Of War..on drugs.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)And just think how much money will be saved as well as freeing innocent prisoners.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)PatSeg
(47,586 posts)BadgerKid
(4,555 posts)Whether EPA, FDA, finance, or other, GOPs will dismantle oversight.
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malaise
(269,157 posts)All of my friends in Jamaica laughed loud because his daughter married a Yardie who clearly talked sense into his head
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/16/704086782/john-boehner-was-once-unalterably-opposed-to-marijuana-he-now-wants-it-to-be-leg
John Boehner has been known to enjoy the occasional adult beverage. He famously nicknamed his negotiations over raising the nation's debt ceiling in 2011 the "Nicorettes and Merlot sessions." Nicorette because that's what President Obama would chew during the talks. Merlot because that was the drink of choice for the former speaker of the House.
These days, the Ohio Republican has expanded his view of what should and should not count as a socially acceptable vice. He's no longer just a wine enthusiast. Rather, he's emerged as one of the most vocal advocates in the GOP for marijuana legalization.
To be sure, Boehner says he has never tried marijuana. "I've never used the product. I really have no plans to use the product," he told host Michel Martin in an interview for NPR's All Things Considered. "But if other people use the product," Boehner said, "who am I to say they shouldn't?"
His embrace of marijuana legalization marks a sharp reversal for Boehner since his time in Congress. In 1999, in his one and only vote on the issue, he voted to prohibit medicinal marijuana in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he wrote a constituent to say he was "unalterably opposed to the legalization of marijuana."
Wake up world ReTHUGs are fucking hypocrites. They will do anything for money.
msfiddlestix
(7,286 posts)I wonder which repukes leading this?
corporate funders wanted to capitalize ad monopolize this market for decades. looks like they're going to get their wish. I just hope they don't rig in their favor completely.
tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)eom
sciencescience
(109 posts)Inevitably, large corporations will try to corner the market, pay low wages, jack up prices, cut corners on quality, etc. Dems should put in place transparency and reporting laws for all of this stuff now to prevent these types of things from starting.