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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
Think this might be viewed as a trump to some. |
I don't know, Lee. The feds will only be pushed so far.....especially in public.
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MsTerieus
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I don't think state law trumps federal law. This whole issue is becoming so convoluted , one would think it's happening in Mexico.
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Med dispensaries on every block in Boulder, CO. Breckinridge Colorado top cop says he will not enforce laws against pot. Pot smokers have the
blessing of the Colorado State health department. Feds are being told to back off.
Think this might be viewed as a trump to some. |
Not to anyone knowledgeable about the law. And "preemption" is the word, not "trump." There is a big difference between a particular law enforcement
authority's decision not to enforce a law, and a law's validity.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Bajaguy, given your signatures, I'd be interested in knowing what you think it would look like IF we had the stomach to do what was necessary to
ERADICATE the problem of inappropriate use of drugs in this country.
It is illicit for me to take my WIFE'S pain pill when I hit MY thumb with a hammer. It begins there.
What do you have the stomach to do to me to eradicate that behavior.
Here's one thing that I project people like you have already laid on me with your prohibition consciousness. When I got cancer, and wound up in stage
III renal failure, I got a Compassionate Use recommendation from my MD to use cannabis in my recovery. Those records go to the County, doubtlessly to
the State, and are surely available to the Feds. Since Cannabis is a schedule one drug with NO KNOWN MEDICAL USE to the
Federal Government, and because anyone known to use a schedule 1 narcotic is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal law, I am not allowed
to possess anything to defend myself in one of the most revolutionary, heavily armed, militia infested Counties in the USA.
I invite you to provide evidence that contradicts the mountains of evidence for the positive medicinal use of the substance. I'd welcome the debate. I
suggest that it is long past time to demand that the government provide evidence to support their claims that Cannabis is more dangerous than alcohol
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Actually, the "Feds" (namely, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) grant "compassionate use" licenses for the use of otherwise prohibited drugs not
infrequently. The FDA used to do so with respect to Marijuana, among other substances. I don't know if they still bother to do so or not.
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
Think this might be viewed as a trump to some. |
I don't know, Lee. The feds will only be pushed so far.....especially in public. |
You may be right Dennis, for now. But times are changing. I don't think drug laws will get stricter. I think drug laws will get lazier. That is
where things are moving. If Obama has any sack, he should push for decriminalization of mota before his term expires.
Alcohol is a very nasty drug that destroys a lot. Marijuana is mellow in comparison. I'm not a pot smoker these days, BTW.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
You may be right Dennis, for now. But times are changing. I don't think drug laws will get stricter. I think drug laws will get lazier. That is
where things are moving. If Obama has any sack, he should push for decriminalization of mota before his term expires.
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If change is inevitable and a grossly popular idea, the administration will want credit for it and won't relinquish it to Colorado or any other
state.......especially through a power play.
Anyway....I agree. It's time.
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