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Cannabis

LiberalLovinLug

(14,389 posts)

4. Worst kept secret

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:12 PM

Apr 2016

The only reason it has been on the books for so long as a class 1, or ever, is the lucrative cash flow in fines and repossessions against the "perps", and the manufactured need to build more prisons and hire more cops. That's the bigger problem to solve.

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White House sits down with marijuana law reformers today [View all] n2doc Apr 2016 OP

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2016 #1

Remove it! WDIM Apr 2016 #2

Excellent! felix_numinous Apr 2016 #3

Worst kept secret LiberalLovinLug Apr 2016 #4

That and beltanefauve Apr 2016 #11

I like picturing them passing a joint around the table as they have this discussion! nt logosoco Apr 2016 #5

It Is Past Time colsohlibgal Apr 2016 #6

Cocaine is actually a Schedule 2 drug meow2u3 Apr 2016 #7

Good. I so want this made legal. Half of my family could be jwirr Apr 2016 #8

Full legalization of hemp and marijuana, now! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #9

Ala still has wild hemp all over the place dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #12

Same along the Kansas River, we called it ditchweed. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #15

Remove From Scheduling Altogether billhicks76 Apr 2016 #10

any news from the meeting? RussBLib Apr 2016 #13

As with most things Obama, the runup was far better than the actual event n2doc Apr 2016 #14

not on his agenda in his final year in office RussBLib Apr 2016 #16