Posted on Feb 27, 2017
White House Opens Door To Crackdown On Recreational Marijuana
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Do you agree? I disagree with this. It should be 100% legal and up to states for legality with no interference from the FEDs.
White House Opens Door To Crackdown On Recreational Marijuana
Posted from huffingtonpost.com
White House
Donald Trump
DOJ
Marijuana
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Big Pharm is the biggest anti-marijuana lobby there is, and a Trump campaign donor. They don't want to see more states legalize medical and recreational cannabis because it hurts their bottom lines. Keep more people hooked on prescriptions instead of smoking weed. If the Federal Government tries to crack down on marijuana, then it is in their best interests and not that of the voters. They would be picking and choosing which rights to give to states, and which ones to keep from them. The president, being a businessman with a cabinet full of businessmen, will make business decisions in regards to marijuana. He is invested with the pharm industry and not the Green Rush. This action is just a flex back to those lobbyists that he is following through with their agenda.
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SFC J Fullerton
One striking chart shows why pharma companies are fighting legal marijuana
New research shows a dramatic drop in painkiller prescriptions after medical marijuana laws are passed.
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PFC Alexander Oliveira
it may not be the cure for cancer but it can definitely be helpful for chemo patients as far as for the side effects of their treatment. see? old world ideology. "marijuana is bad m'kay?"
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SSgt (Join to see)
It has been VERY helpful for my wife, who has been on hard core pain management drugs for the last 3+ years. Since switching to a CBD ointment and tincture, her need for the opiates has dropped to almost ZERO. We figure, in another 4-6 weeks she will be completely off Dilaudid, Oxycontin, and Percocet.
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SFC J Fullerton
SSgt (Join to see) - That is good news. Besides being addicting, opoids cause terrible side effects. It is shame that the benefits of medical cannabis and the good it does for patients is often dismissed, ignored, or misunderstood because of a generation gap. If over half the states of this country have voted to legalize it in some form, it is pretty evident that marijuana has become acceptable to society today.
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What I find interesting are the issues that the Trump Administration are declaring State issues and what are Federal issues. I too believe pot legalization should be left to States since it impacts their economy and enforcement. If LGBTQ laws and voter laws are States responsibilities then why is Trump and Sessions targeting legalized marijuana? Who's going to benefit from this? EXACTLY.
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It's the job of the President to enforce federal laws. Although I might disagree with a law, I'd rather that he not pick and choose which to enforce and which to ignore. We've already had a gut full of that. Let Congress make the laws and fix any that need fixing
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MCPO Roger Collins
SSgt (Join to see) - The government studies indicate you are wrong.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana/what-are-marijuanas-long-term-effects-brain
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana/what-are-marijuanas-long-term-effects-brain
What are marijuana's long-term effects on the brain?
Substantial evidence from animal research and a growing number of studies in humans indicate that marijuana exposure during development can cause long-term or possibly permanent adverse changes in the brain.
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SFC J Fullerton
How can the president stop the legal states? Send the DEA and U.S. Marshalls to raid every dispensary in each of those states? Have the I.R.S seize the cannabis tax revenues from the states? Send in federal troops to take out all the grow sites? Add those states to the list with sanctuary cities and UC Berkley to lose federal funding?
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PFC Alexander Oliveira
MCPO Roger Collins - after reading the article it states nothing is for sure because of other factors in the subjects lives, like genetics, or alcohol use. could it affect humans? maybe? does that make it an evil substance? not at all. again, people with old world ideals see it as a scary plant and want it banned because that's what they've always been told. I don't advocate children to use it recreationally, medically they have pills/ointments and drops. treating seizures and the side effects of chemotherapy. if it helps them live their lives then why not let them? on the flipside, for those of us out of our adolescence over 21 who want to use it recreationally, why not? you can drink right? youre thought to be responsible enough to do that.
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MCPO Roger Collins
PFC Alexander Oliveira - Alcohol is mind altering also, just as POT is and they are at best temporary mind altering and at worst, long term as the study explained. I will stick with my one glass of wine a night, which is legal and hope for the best. If declared legal, you can do the same.
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