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Canada legalises recreational cannabis use

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Re: Canada legalises recreational cannabis use

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Post by charlex815 »

fein wrote: post #4
KempFood wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe in another 40 years. People aren’t smart, they are as dumb as nails. Sad!

The people aren't really the ones making the decision. Here in Ohio, for example, we didn't have a vote on recreational, instead we had a vote on a government sanctioned monopoly possibly leading the way to recreational. If there was some sort of state issue that could be voted on which was "regulate it like we do garden tomatoes", it would pass. Leadership has prevented this, not your cartoon idea of the oh so ignor…

Politicians are more often mirrors of society than agents of change. Demand change from them, they aren't reading Hacker News. If they refuse change, campaign against them.

Re: Canada legalises recreational cannabis use

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Post by drb91 »

nomocrypto wrote: post #7
itchyjunk wrote: post #2

I wonder how many state has to legalize it before the federal government in USA is forced to change their classification. It seems like more and more state will legalize it over time anyways.

Once we figure out how to keep minorities in prison easily, marijuana will become completely legal in the US.

I agree FWIW, but I suspect capitalists would be fine discriminating blindly against all colors of a lower class. Race has always been an effective means to this end in America: if the people feeding your wallet are at each other’s throat, they might not notice who’s pocketing the cash.

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Post by verelo »

SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #5
itchyjunk wrote: post #2

I wonder how many state has to legalize it before the federal government in USA is forced to change their classification. It seems like more and more state will legalize it over time anyways.

I’m not sure on the answer, but I definitely want to make sure you don’t think Canada is a state in the US ;)

And thank goodness for that!

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Post by Alex3917 »

itchyjunk wrote: post #2

I wonder how many state has to legalize it before the federal government in USA is forced to change their classification. It seems like more and more state will legalize it over time anyways.

> I wonder how many state has to legalize it before the federal government in USA is forced to change their classification.

It's already arguably legal under federal law under the equal protection clause because congress legalized it in DC. As far as I know the feds aren't locking anyone up for possession of small amounts.

E.g.: https://novacriminalattorney.com/marijuana/marijuana-legaliz...

Re: Canada legalises recreational cannabis use

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Post by mabbo »

dstjean wrote: post #9

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That hasn't been true since 1982.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1982

Edit with more details: in the early 80s, Trudeau senior got the British government and Queen out of the way to changes in Canadian law. We choose our own Governor general who has the authority to give Royal assent to any laws we pass without involvement of anyone in England.

Our current G.G. is Julie Payette, a former astronaut.

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Post by ilyanep »

Alex3917 wrote: post #18
itchyjunk wrote: post #2

I wonder how many state has to legalize it before the federal government in USA is forced to change their classification. It seems like more and more state will legalize it over time anyways.

> I wonder how many state has to legalize it before the federal government in USA is forced to change their classification. It's already arguably legal under federal law under the equal protection clause because congress legalized it in DC. As far as I know the feds aren't locking anyone up for possession of small amounts. E.g.: https://novacriminalattorney.com/marijuana/marijuana-legaliz...

Am I missing something or is your link making the exact opposite point that you made?
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