Reason has an interesting piece looking at the various candidates, past and present, to support significant marijuana law reform:
Marijuana Legalizers Who Ran for President
Three days after Bernie Sanders unveiled legislation to repeal the federal ban on marijuana, Hillary Clinton proposed moving marijuana to a slightly less restrictive legal category. The former secretary of state’s faint echo of the Vermont senator’s bold bill—the first of its kind in the Senate—underlined how timid Clinton has always been on the subject of drug policy reform. Although the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has had second thoughts about the mandatory minimum sentences she used to champion, the woman who a few years ago explained that we can’t legalize the drug trade because “there is just too much money in it” clearly is not ready to call off the war on weed, even though that is what most Americans seem to want.
The dueling marijuana proposals also showed that Sanders, whose chances of winning his party’s presidential nomination are remote at best, is nevertheless pushing Clinton to address issues she would prefer to ignore.
The article covers a variety of candidates, past and present, in addition to Sanders and Clinton, including Mike Gravel, Gary Johnson, Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul.
Hilary wants to move “marijuana” out of schedule 1? That’s actually a huge move for Hillary….. and reveals just how desperate the mainstream Dems are getting at the traction Bernie is acheiving on this issue….this would have been inconceivable a few years ago
Yes, But a screw that – you know they would say okay that’s enough Progressive-ness for now…
Okay, Pull the car over at a rest stop and let’s have a 5 year-long picnic. (While we have our staffers desperately searching for excuses to not legalize it completely.)
She better have a ‘come to Jesus moment’ on this soon or she’s gonna Lose big-time. And her campaign run will end up doing a nasty face plant… (Football-style where the helmet’s face guard plows up dirt/grass into her face.)
She may get taken out of the race completely, apparently the FBI is investigating her.
When Hillary (or ANY politician) receives more money from anti-prohibitionists than she does from the prohibitches, she will suddenly see the light. Until then, she will waffle and preserve the status quo because that serves her interests.
It’s always the money, no matter what she says.
Bernie Sanders is bringing the young voters into the voting booths with his plan to remove cannabis from the CSA and end marijuana prohibition,,Radley told me not to depend on young voters because they don’t vote but time will tell.
In order to find the true number of Bernie’s supporters they would have to poll (R) as well as (D) voters because marijuana legalization is one of the largest bipartisan voting blocks in the country and I think many (R) will be voting for Bernie,,especially if it looks like a sure loss for the (R) on their WH bid.
King James before them all…
In 1619 the Virginia Assembly passed legislation requiring every farmer to grow hemp. Hemp was allowed to be exchanged as legal tender in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.
The Amazing Hemp Battery
Ground control to major Tom…
Get real. Look at the alternatives.
☛ When He Called for an End to the War on Drugs,
Trump Claims, He Meant It Should Be Waged More Aggressively
☛ Ben Carson on Recreational Marijuana:
‘We Already Have Enough People With Low IQs’
☛ John Kasich Explains “The Problem with Marijuana”
☛ Chris Christie vows to ‘crack down’ on marijuana as president
Chris Christie to legal marijuana smokers: Enjoy it while you can because he’ll enforce federal ban
☛ Killer Fungus Touted To Eradicate State Pot Crop
McDonough, who came to Florida to join Gov. Jeb Bush’s administration after working for White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey, has been holding meetings in Tallahassee to try to get state agencies on board with the idea of testing Fusarium oxysporum, a co-called “‘mycoherbicide,” in Florida.
…remote at best?
Oh, I forgot, the media has been sucking Hil’s teat since she announced her run.
We’ll see when the votes hit the boxes, I suppose, but the ugly establishment narrative really passes me off at times. Her offering to “adjust the scheduling” is hardly even pandering.
A new study called “Managing a Policy Experiment: Adopting and Implementing Recreational Marijuana Policies in Colorado” lists factors affecting state and municipal officials’ decisions to vote in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana. From the AAAS Press Release: “Examining surveys completed by 110 different Colorado local government officials and a panel discussion of six, study author Dr. Tracy L. Johns found that among those who permit recreational marijuana use â€:
In conclusion:
P.F. Sloan Requiescat In Pace
Enigmatic Writer of ’60s Hit ‘Eve of Destruction,’ Dies at 70
In January, he and Mr. McGuire performed “Eve of Destruction†— 50 years after its release — at a coffee house and performance space in Altadena, Calif.