US House Vote 228-164 Approve Legislation Decriminalize Marijuana Federal Level

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 04, 2020, 10:41 PM UTC

hajile wrote: post #14

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

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Unlikely to pass in the Senate due to many Congressional reps who don't believe in decriminalization. Has a chance depending on the Georgia runoff results in January. Would still be helpful to come up for a Senate vote to know who you're up against. Still progress to have the vote and pass in the House. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/04/lega... https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942949288/house-appr…

Lots of republicans think it should be left up to the state. Their major issue with the last bill was tons of "social justice" riders. Democrats couldn't risk Republicans passing the bill and looking good before the presidential election, so instead they added a ton of stuff that was guaranteed to sink the bill. They then pushed the "republicans hate pot" narrative on news and social media. This seems likely to be so…

Post by cwhiz » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 2:29 AM UTC

zxcvbn4038 wrote: post #22

NYC stopped enforcing marijuana laws years ago (unless your a minority or on their radar for other things) - you can walk down the street smoking a joint in midtown and nobody will bother you, walk by restaurants where it’s clearly being smoked in bulk and nobody is stopping it, smell it heavy on people’s clothing on the subway and nobody is hindering them. The first thing I notice when traveling abroad, or even to o…

Post by gurleen_s » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 4:40 AM UTC

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20878445 Whereby I say in response to someone questioning the source of that quote: "That's the best you're going to find, some journalist's reminiscence twenty-some years after the fact. So I would caution anyone to be wary of whipping that quote out to make a point." Until I hear of a better source (and I won't), I am putting this quote in the "urban legend" bucket. All that's m…

This quote was questioned and outright called a fabrication or misinterpretation by three other Nixon aides who worked alongside John Ehrlichman. Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-nixon-drug-war-john-e...

Post by withPurpose9973 » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 11:47 AM UTC

hajile wrote: post #14

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlikely to pass in the Senate due to many Congressional reps who don't believe in decriminalization. Has a chance depending on the Georgia runoff results in January. Would still be helpful to come up for a Senate vote to know who you're up against. Still progress to have the vote and pass in the House. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/04/lega... https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942949288/house-appr…

Lots of republicans think it should be left up to the state. Their major issue with the last bill was tons of "social justice" riders. Democrats couldn't risk Republicans passing the bill and looking good before the presidential election, so instead they added a ton of stuff that was guaranteed to sink the bill. They then pushed the "republicans hate pot" narrative on news and social media. This seems likely to be so…

Post by Throwaway1771 » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC

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Those aren't real, regulated Cali vape pens. Sorry.

Yes, they are.