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Cannabis

elmac

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27. States and localities that voted for it

Reply to SCVDem (Reply #15)

Sat Dec 26, 2015, 07:07 PM

Dec 2015

and are run by repugs are still making it hard on the growers and dispensaries, usually using the fed prohibition as an excuse. I wonder what their excuse will be now?

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Congress Quietly Ends Federal Medical Marijuana Prohibition [View all] CountAllVotes Dec 2015 OP

BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER!! wendylaroux Dec 2015 #1

This is great news but how does Obama get credit? Up until recently raiding medical marijuana rhett o rick Dec 2015 #2

The man hath changed his mind CountAllVotes Dec 2015 #3

Show me something that says he has changed his mind. Who gets credit here? HRC has made it rhett o rick Dec 2015 #4

Who cares what she thinks? CountAllVotes Dec 2015 #7

sadly i think the point is...the repub congress did this questionseverything Dec 2015 #9

Because unfortunately we have a few authoritarian types in our party. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #10

On most issues. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #16

Indeed. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #22

Who gets the credit? passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #11

I think there is a tremendous amt of institutional inertia on the drug war. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #12

Obama's people were busting marijuana dispenseries right and left up until about a rhett o rick Dec 2015 #18

Like i said, I think there is a tremendous amount of institutional inertia. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #19

I hear what you are saying, but I think this is one area where he could have easily rhett o rick Dec 2015 #20

With all of the help we get from R's, it probably takes lawyers years to make any decisions. Gregorian Dec 2015 #5

+1,000 !!! CountAllVotes Dec 2015 #8

Yep. Part of what has turned it around, they just cant get juries to cooperate, at least out west. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #13

Very interesting... Gregorian Dec 2015 #29

I know some folks in Federal Prison safeinOhio Dec 2015 #6

Agree.. and a felony conviction takes away the right to vote mountain grammy Dec 2015 #14

Will this be like gay marriage? SCVDem Dec 2015 #15

States and localities that voted for it elmac Dec 2015 #27

So... in CA where medical marijuana is legal, if CA says I can grow at my house cui bono Dec 2015 #17

K & R SunSeeker Dec 2015 #21

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #23

Damn Right! libodem Dec 2015 #24

So it remains a schedule 1 controlled substance 6chars Dec 2015 #25

SOME SANITY AT LAST! THANKS! RKP5637 Dec 2015 #26

I think that all this is showing sadoldgirl Dec 2015 #28

Coauthored by a republican. This spans parties. Gregorian Dec 2015 #30

Yay! tazkcmo Dec 2015 #31

A distraction that help a lot! CountAllVotes Dec 2015 #34

the tide is strong... Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #32

BTW Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #33