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Senate Democrats introduce bill to federally decriminalize and tax marijuana after Biden said no one should go to jail for using cannabis

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Biden proclaimed at a July 16 press briefing: 'I don't think anyone should be in prison for the use of marijuana. We're working on the crime bill now'

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Schumer first proposed a pot bill over a year ago but did not release text until Thursday

The bill expunges federal cannabis-related records and sets up funding for law enforcement to fight illegal cannabis production

It would require the DOT to research and develop a standard for marijuana-impaired driving and restrict marketing the drug to minors

The legislation, called the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, has a slim chance of passing the Senate, but portions of the bill could find their way into other packages that have a shot at passing before the end of the year.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set up a hearing titled: 'Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms' for next week.

The legislation includes priorities sought by Democrats and Republicans: it expunges federal cannabis-related records and sets up funding for law enforcement to fight illegal cannabis production.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-22 06:49|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 As CA has shown, tax it high enough and the black market returns. 'Legal' storefronts lose their customer base (who already have played in the off the table game).

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-22 10:09|| 2022-07-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Every state that has gone decrim predicted a blizzard of tax revenue money. It hasn't worked out that way.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-22 10:15|| 2022-07-22 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Getting the license and coming up with the scratch for an initial investment to open and maintain a legal pot shop is a bit of a stretch for many of the folks who would be inclined to sell the stuff for a living. In California, the legislature actually passed a bill to allocate several million dollars to help these people with their paper work because the state wasn't seeing as much tax revenue as they expected. Maybe you could call that an investment but I don't how if there has yet been any return on it. But then, I'm sure Brandon would have no qualms about signing such a bill at the federal level.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-22 12:40|| 2022-07-22 12:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Bottom line for Democrats: anything goes.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-22 12:42|| 2022-07-22 12:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Why not tax weed? Every damn thing else is.

Posted by Chris 2022-07-22 15:27|| 2022-07-22 15:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Because the right is a social 1950 era conservative movement, no pot, no contraceptives( consider the recent GOP vote against legalizing contraceptives nationwide) no abortion even for rape victims, if they could they'd outlaw liquor again while they drank it themselves, black people would be segregated and at least one fairly prominent preacher says slavery was a blessing.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-is-a-famous-evangelical-pastor-defending-slavery_b_3094279

Posted by Omineling Forkbeard1962 2022-07-22 18:40|| 2022-07-22 18:40|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Love me some Herb, too! *smooch* Still don't smoke, though.

Posted by Ann the Apoplectic Aster610 2022-07-22 18:57|| 2022-07-22 18:57|| Front Page Top

#8 I think I understand, now, Forkbeard.

You're just another bigot and a leftist twink.

Got it.

Posted by badanov 2022-07-22 19:07|| 2022-07-22 19:07|| Front Page Top

#9 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/

No wonder Omineling Forkbeard1962 is setting fire to straw men. That’s almost as misinforming as reading the New York Times.

Utter idiocy. There is no need for a law legalizing contraceptives nationwide when they are already legal nationally due to longstanding FDA approval. Now if you are talking about chemical abortifacients, that is a question to be decided by the various states; but those only are useful if the perfectly legal contraceptives and condoms failed to work or were not used. But I just read that on university campuses around the country girls are lining up to get IUDs so that they needn’t take the risk of being unprepared when the moment comes.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-22 20:11|| 2022-07-22 20:11|| Front Page Top

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