Crime Trump is reportedly thinking of reclassifying marijuana

[ShadowRun]

This should be a no brainer, many years ago I was against legalization of MJ, not because it’s that bad compared to alcohol or other drugs. But I thought giving more access to a drug might cause more problems in societies. I changed my mind overtime as I believe it’s the easiest to get illegal or legal and one of the least harmful drugs.

I think growing up seeing anecdotal evidence of people I looked up to becoming potheads then going to harder drugs , made me think it was a gateway drug . But it’s on the person and it’s about less government interfering in government lives .

Anyways let’s see if Trump does it . I thought Biden would have .

 

[Strychnine]

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Would love to smoke a joint and read the Epstein files.

Tbh according to that dipshit from the Nixon administration (John Ehrlichman) who classified weed as a deadly drug in the first place, every person in jail for smoking weed is a political prisoner, because they made it illegal in order to strip the vote away from hippies

Would be shocked if Trump did this, I also imagine the republicans would block it if he tried

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

I'm not a pothead but the idea that weed should be federally illegal is backwards. Alcohol is responsible for 1000 times the societal ills than marijuana but booze still remains culturally acceptable. I used to be against legalization, but my view has changed over the last 20 years. I'm not saying ban booze, but not have the federal legalization of weed is some outdated malarkey.

EDIT: Federal legalization is one of the most bipartisan policies. The dems fucked up when they didn't do it after 2020. It would have been Biden's historical moment. Instead of his sundowning.

 

[ShadowRun]

I'm not a pothead but the idea that weed should be federally illegal is backwards. Alcohol is responsible for 1000 times the societal ills than marijuana but booze still remains culturally acceptable still. I'm not saying ban booze, but not have the federal legalization of weed is some outdated malarkey.

I agree 100% , which sort of changed my initial view . I don’t partake but I get it , although smelling it in resort hallways and everywhere on the street on my Vegas trips, gets old but then again people smoke cigs in casinos.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

I agree 100% , which sort of changed my initial view . I don’t partake but I get it , although smelling it in resort hallways and everywhere on the street on my Vegas trips, gets old but then again people smoke cigs in casinos.

I also agree that I wish there was a way to legalize it, but also punish people who smoke in public, in cars, etc the same way we do drinking alcohol in unauthorized places. Unfortunately I think the amount of people who do smoke in public is just way too high to be possible.

But that is a drawback I'm willing to accept if it means not giving people criminal records, fines, tickets, etc for something that is less harmful than alcohol, cigs, and heavily prescribed opiates.

EDIT incase anyone wants to retract a like:
Oh and bonus points if we federally legalize it and pass a law that all the taxes from it go towards social programs.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Oh and legalization should include expunging all personal possession convictions in the last 40 years. But I'm sure that would be a "muh states rights" battle.

 

[Gutter Chris]

Another way to stop his moron twats from thinking about the Epstein files.

Maybe next he can pass national Healthcare , next next week abolish the nfa week after that student debt .... each week a different crisis solved just to avoid talking about it. Would sorta be awesome if Epstein made him the best president the last 100 years

 

[ShadowRun]

I also agree that I wish there was a way to legalize it, but also punish people who smoke in public, in cars, etc the same way we do drinking alcohol in unauthorized places. Unfortunately I think the amount of people who do smoke in public is just way too high to be possible.

But that is a drawback I'm willing to accept if it means not giving people criminal records, fines, tickets, etc for something that is less harmful than alcohol, cigs, and heavily prescribed opiates.

EDIT incase anyone wants to retract a like:
Oh and bonus points if we federally legalize it and pass a law that all the taxes from it go towards social programs.

I agree, like I said in OP I’m for the government being less involved in people’s lives and this a huge example. Hell sugar ruins more peoples lives then MJ, look at the obesity rates. Yes you can’t get a DUI with sugar/ harm someone in a car wreck from eating sugar. But still .

I believe Trump thinks alcohol is worse than MJ or I’ve heard him at least talk bad about alcohol and never drinking ( not that it’s a character check for him, he’s very flawed). So maybe we could see legalization by end of the term.

 

[Crazy Source]

Oh and legalization should include expunging all personal possession convictions in the last 40 years. But I'm sure that would be a "muh states rights" battle.

Nah, they want to label you. Land of the free my ass.

 

[mozfonky]

I doubt he'll do it, either way, it did nothing to bolster my city. The shit stinks and the use of all drugs is worse than ever. also, the owners of pot shops whine because they always get robbed, i feel not a whit of sympathy for them.

 

[mozfonky]

I agree 100% , which sort of changed my initial view . I don’t partake but I get it , although smelling it in resort hallways and everywhere on the street on my Vegas trips, gets old but then again people smoke cigs in casinos.

the people that smoke will just take an inch and make a yard. You don't need that when you're driving and I constantly smell it coming out of cars.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

i bet deadbeat don could get into the weed selling business and find a way to bankrupt that too.

 

[Blayt7hh]

It’s kind of crazy that it’s still a schedule 1 drug. LSD and Shrooms need to come off that list too. These are holdovers from a stupider time in our past and don’t reflect the real danger.

 

[Confucamus]

This would be a good thing overall, and it's frustrating at how this is still a battle. From the article:

"Trump last year backed a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida, which narrowly failed to secure the 60% of voters’ support it needed to pass."

What we need is the people who don't use marijuana to stop voting against the people who do. They seem to be holding back the inevitable and the dominos have been falling for years on this. Legal/decriminalized in many states. Just legalize it already and open up funding for medical marijuana.

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

I think it's ridiculous to have marijuana classified where they do and that it should be completely legalized.

And thank God we got to see where World Star Hip Hop stands on the situation...lol

 

[UFCUCF]

Legalizing is it good policy. Kudos to whichever administration leads on this.

Wait, what were we talking about again?

 

[Khaosan]

Release the files.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

I'm not a smoker but I was always for legalization

Here in BC it's fully legal and it's gone way too far, you can't go anywhere without smelling that stench , cars drive by and you can smell it as they pass

I want restrictions like alcohol at least , keep off the street

I'd rather have it back the way it was over how it is now , although I don't want people in jail for possession of small quantities.

 

[Ruprecht]

This should be a no brainer, many years ago I was against legalization of MJ, not because it’s that bad compared to alcohol or other drugs. But I thought giving more access to a drug might cause more problems in societies. I changed my mind overtime as I believe it’s the easiest to get illegal or legal and one of the least harmless drugs.

I think growing up seeing anecdotal evidence of people I looked up to becoming potheads then going to harder drugs , made me think it was a gateway drug . But it’s on the person and it’s about less government interfering in government lives .

Anyways let’s see if Trump does it . I thought Biden would have .

"one of the least harmless drugs" - did you mean one of the least harmful drugs?

Never legalised here, but it was decriminalised decades ago.
Noone cares about pot in my state. To the degree that people will forget it's technically still illegal and ring the cops to complain about people stealing their crop.