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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Cromnibus Deal Includes A ‘Stunning Victory’ On Marijuana Legalization
From ThinkProgress:
Members of Congress drew the ire of Washington, D.C. residents when they inserted a rider into the budget deal that would effectively block Washington, D.C. from fully legalizing recreational marijuana.
But if the now-foundering budget deal dubbed Cromnibus or another similar one manages to pass, it will also have some much better news for marijuana advocates. Another provision added to the budget would protect medical marijuana laws in every state that has legalized it, by prohibiting the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana actors in states where their actions are legal.
Drug policy organizations are hailing the amendment. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition called it a stunning victory. And Tony Newman of the Drug Policy Alliance said, For the first time, Congress is letting states set their own medical marijuana and hemp policies, a huge step forward for sensible drug policy.
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The House also passed two other amendments stripping funds for federal intervention in state hemp production and hemp research projects, after recent DEA intervention triggered a battle with Kentucky over its experimental hemp program.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/11/3602009/the-congressional-budget-includes-a-stunning-victory-on-medical-marijuana/
So the *law* allows pensions to cut benefits, increases money in politics, and lets Wall Street run wild with derivatives that will be backed up by the FDIC, but maybe legalized marijuana will be left alone. This Congress is like Harvey Dent.
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The Cromnibus Deal Includes A ‘Stunning Victory’ On Marijuana Legalization (Original Post)
KeepItReal
Dec 2014
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Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)1. nothing they could put in that turd
that outweighs the gargantuan bailout for Wall Street.
The way this is going down brings the legitimacy of the present government into question. 90%+ of this country is against bailouts for banks, but a few phone calls to our (alleged) "representatives" and lo and behold guess what is featured in the "must-pass" legislation.
The whole class of big-time financial crooks and the politicians who serve them need to be washed out of the system.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)2. it's more than a bailout for wall street
it's completely undone what little regulation was in place. It's a guarantee that sooner, rather than later, 2008 look like a picnic in retrospect.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)3. Oh, No, I changed my mind, it is a great bill.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)4. One thing Republicans know very well...Where the money is...
They know there are going to be some multi-millionaires made from legal pot and they want to be buddies with them.