OT Trump administration takes aim at recreational marijuana

[SlyPokerDog]

Really! Well I guess this is what you've got.
I see Sly likes it. Did he hire you to drum up business?

It's funny how much you pay attention to the likes in here.

"Honey, I got two likes today in the forum. I guess you can say I'm pretty popular."

 

[MarAzul]

I got two likes today in the forum.

It is more interesting to wonder what someone likes about some of these posts.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It is more interesting to wonder what someone likes about some of these posts.

I like a lot of posts not because I agree them but because they were well written or provided an interesting point of view.

But in @3RA1N1AC's case I liked it because it was funny.

Then I liked your response to him because it had that old manish "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!" tone to it that I'm sure you meant to convey.

 

[barfo]

It's funny how much you pay attention to the likes in here.

"Honey, I got two likes today in the forum. I guess you can say I'm pretty popular."

"I had more likes than anyone in the history of the forum, ever. They were the best likes, believe me. I'm the best at the cyber."

barfo

 

[MarAzul]

Then I liked your response to him because it had that old manish "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!" tone to it that I'm sure you meant to convey.

My lawn? Geez, my lawn never looked like that!

 

[Minstrel]

"I had more likes than anyone in the history of the forum, ever. They were the best likes, believe me. I'm the best at the cyber."

"I'm as good at cybering as those 14 year olds in their moms' basements who are really incredible hackers."

 

[stampedehero]

http://time.com/4594445/legal-marijuana-trump-sessions-policy/

Trump himself has said he supports medical marijuana and that states should handle the question of whether to legalize.

Both Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump's pick for attorney general, and Retired Gen. John Kelly, Trump's selection to head the Department of Homeland Security, have criticized legalization. Sessions, who would be the nation's top law enforcement official if confirmed, has called reform a "tragic mistake" and said pot is "not the kind of thing that ought to be legalized." Kelly has said legalization sends confusing signals to other countries that legalization makes it appear that, "We seemingly are not caring about drugs anymore."

Trump sings another tune. Decades ago, he said that all drugs should be legalized, in order to take profits away from black-market players and produce tax dollars that could be spent on educating people about the dangers of drugs. In a 2016 appearance on Fox News, he said of medical marijuana, "I'm in favor of it a hundred percent." And while he has said he opposes legalizing marijuana for adult use, after a primary debate in Colorado in 2015, Trump also said, "I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state."

It does not seem high on his list of priorities.

While Trump's comments on marijuana may not rise to the level of a campaign promise, and while he's proven flexible on his own prior stances on issues, reform advocates point out an indisputable fact: the president-elect almost never talks about pot. In fact, a search of Trump's very active Twitter feed produces zero mentions of the word marijuana, compared to more than 100 mentions of the word immigration. And, with limited resources, a President—and his Cabinet—can fight only so many battles.

"He talked about changing federal policies at almost every possible level," says Mason Tvert of the Marijuana Policy Project, "but he never said he’s itching to change the way the government is handling state marijuana laws." Plus, Tvert adds, if his administration tried to dismantle markets that so many states have decided to build, he'd be inviting new opposition not only from pro-marijuana voters but hardcore libertarians and others who believe strongly in states' rights.

> Have Spicer and Sessions implemented their own initiative? Are they the "loose cannons"?

 

[Denny Crane]

> Have Spicer and Sessions implemented their own initiative? Are they the "loose cannons"?

Trump delegates, it looks to me.

Also, they're not talking about cracking down on medical use.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Trump delegates, it looks to me.

Also, they're not talking about cracking down on medical use.

Well, this thread is about them possibly cracking down on recreational use.

 

[riverman]

Trump may just lose all the states west of the Rockies if they keep this up...he might end up with only the original 13 colonies if he doesn't stop building walls around the population