No link, link would give access to my account..........

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It's that time of the year again when the budding marijuana legalization conversation lights up on the federal level. It's actually been going on for quite some time, and witnessed some momentum in 2022 with the introduction of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act in the Senate and the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act in the House. Things continued in 2023 as the HHS concluded its independent review, with any change in scheduling now in the hands of the DOJ.

Backdrop: When state and federal laws conflict, the latter preempts the former as per Article IV of the Constitution. However, the 10th Amendment - as interpreted by the Supreme Court - outlines that the federal government cannot "commandeer the state," meaning it cannot force states to arrest cannabis sellers or users that comply with their own state laws. In turn, states also cannot block the federal government from enforcing their laws. As a result, federal agents could be dispatched to make arrests within states if there was a will to do so and the resources were available, but in recent decades, sentiment has turned with regard to weed's place in society.

"The process is still going, the review is still going," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at her latest briefing. "On decriminalization, the President has been very, very clear. He doesn't believe that anyone should be in jail or be prosecuted just for using or - or possessing marijuana."

Oregon led the effort towards decriminalization in 1973, California kicked off medical marijuana in 1996, and recreational weed even became legal in Colorado and Washington in 2012. As of today, pot is now legal recreationally in nearly half of all U.S. states, though it still remains a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. The illegal classification makes it complicated for companies to operate within their own state borders, as many business activities and banks are regulated by federal law, as well as taxes, trademarks, and legal processes like bankruptcy. Reclassifying cannabis as a proposed Schedule III substance also doesn't mean weed would be legalized, but would be a step towards doing so on the federal level.

Outlook: Cannabis market research firm BDSA expects legal U.S. cannabis sales to grow nearly 10% to $32.4B by the end of 2024. For investors trying to gain exposure to the sector, check out the news on multistate operators like Cresco Labs (OTCQX:CRLBF), Curaleaf (OTCPK:CURLF), Green Thumb Industries (OTCQX:GTBIF) and Trulieve Cannabis (OTCQX:TCNNF). Cannabis-related ETFs include the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO) and funds like the Amplify Alternative Harvest (MJ).

Ohio is a weed state. Medical, and now recreational.

Pretty much this... and another reason you likely won't see it legalized federally - it makes you a prohibited person, and they sure love ways to take your guns away or prevent you from obtaining them.

State - let's just ignore federal drug laws

Buyer - cool, I'll take a dime bag of triple cush push my man

State - enjoy your weed muh brother, oh yeah... we're taking your guns because you broke federal drug laws

Buyer - but you SOLD IT TO ME!

State - yeah, but drugs are bad and you broke the law, so you can't be trusted with a gun

Buyer - BUT YOU SOLD IT TO ME!

Americans LOVE their drugs.  Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, opioids, synthetics, prescriptions - they fucking love them.  Whatever your position on the matter America’s love of drugs is an irrefutable fact.

Smoking tobacco:  worst thing that has ever happened on the planet.  Anyone involved in tobacco production should be charged so the scourge of cigarettes can be eradicated.

Smoking weed:  great for everyone and can treat every ailment known to man!  We need special government programs to promote its production!

In, NY former felons who served time for illegal drug production and distribution got preference for cannabis licenses... you know reparations!

I don't care.  Just smoke it in your own house.  It smells like shit.

This goes with any preferred drug.  Keep it to yourself.

americans love their drugs. i mean LOVE their drugs as this thread will shortly prove


our geopolitical enemies russia and china have both banned it


everywhere it gets legalized goes full idiocracy within a generation


not to mention the cultural rot


i dont wanna hear any arfcommers lamenting the fall of USAs social structure while also pushing weed as a good thing

It's because nicotine is actually a pretty damn good nootropic, and Zyn is just about the safest/lowest risk way to consume it (except for your wallet). Can't have people enhancing their brain function and forming critical thoughts without the cancer risk now, can we?

That would be good, too.

This is hilariously bullshit.

Where do you people come up with this stuff?

I take a small bite off a gummy sometimes before bed and I sleep like a rock. I'd consider myself a casual occasional user.

The physical and psychological dependencies, as well as the toxicity of cannabis is no where near as bad as tobacco.
Starting smoking tobacco is hands down the worst decision I ever made in my life and it took years to finally kick the addiction.
Only very heavy users of marijuana tend to experience any sort of withdrawal symptoms and they are generally very mild and mostly psychological.

Smoking anything, no matter what it is, is pants-on-head retarded though, and I had to learn that the hard way.

I'm surrounded by legal states. A guy got busted for growing weed about 1 mile from the Maine border where it is perfectly legal. The evidence room was part of the court house and stunk so bad it made the local news and why I know the story. Yet you go to MA and half the billboards on all major highways have directions to the closest cannabis shop.

I’m still amused there are huge commercial MJ grows, the articles about them employing security because of all the cash (banking), yet Obama put a stop to DEA raiding these places. Same with the dispensaries.  

Not amazed because of the MJ, but because of all the cash the government could seize.

The theory on hands off users and possessors and still regulating sellers and growers and distributors is ridiculous.  Users are always going to be distributors at some level.  Then amounts in possession will be judged etc.  Then confiscations of assets

Same here. My neighbor smokes it and it smells like skunk, it's annoying as fuck when he does it around the kids but he has a pot card and "needs" it for his anxiety.

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Please explain to me what is genetically modified about it. I think you are mixing selective breeding and GMO up.

ive never been opposed to a drink or few or even a joint on occasion. but i will never understand how people think constantly being fucked up is a good way to go through life. worse yet, to celebrate how drunk or high they got last night/weekend.

i have a woman that works in my office like this. shes a functional drunk. only ever talks about the last party, or the last bar night. never talks about her kids or grandkids unless its about scheduling seeing them around her next bender. she pissed away her family and a marriage because shes a drunk loser. i have no respect for people like this.

Weird how he DOES think they should be stripped of their rights as if they were felons though.

GD sure loves marijuana...more than guns too.

You forgot to add a link to the randomized survey you conducted where you obtained a representative sample of the US population and accurately determined their usage of cannabinoids.

... that, or you just don't understand the concept of selection bias.

You do realize that people don't go to work and start conversations with "I took a 35mg THC gummy last night, and golly gee did I ever sleep well!", right?

Opiates are the problem.

It's really good on your heart as well.

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Americans loving drugs is the problem.  All of them.

In before all the druggies that cannot make a cogent argument without pointing at what other people do.  
Bereft of any reference to alcohol or any other rhetorical crutch, they cannot defend their descent into psychotropic stupor.

Doesn’t have to be.  If Democrats propose legalization, Republicans counter back with support contingent on mandatory prison time for accidents causing injury and life in prison for fatalities.  That’s the problem with “Everything should be legal”.  Accountability isn’t factored in to the bad decisions made with that freedom.  Your freedom ends when it limits someone else’s.

Which part of the world doesn't love their drugs??

I mean, we have an entire system integrated into our beings to reap the benefits of cannabis. The Endocannabinoid system is not by chance and is far too complex to be random.

Endocannabinoid system:
The endocannabinoid system is a biological system composed of endocannabinoids, which are endogenous lipid-based retrograde neurotransmitters that bind to cannabinoid receptors, and cannabinoid receptor proteins that are expressed throughout the vertebrate central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. The endocannabinoid system remains under preliminary research but may be involved in regulating physiological and cognitive processes, including fertility, pregnancy, pre-and postnatal development, various activities of the immune system, appetite, pain sensation, mood, and memory, and in mediating the pharmacological effects of cannabis. The ECS plays an important role in multiple aspects of neural functions, including the control of movement and motor coordination, learning and memory, emotion and motivation, addictive-like behavior and pain modulation. Two primary cannabinoid receptors have been identified: CB1, first cloned in 1990; and CB2, cloned in 1993.  

Why do we have the Endo system if humans don't need it or can't benefit from it? Why is it so intertwined in our nervous system if there is nothing to gain from it? If you believe God created man, how can you ignore the incredibly intricate system he placed within us? It's not like it's just a gene; it's an entire fucking system integrated into almost every aspect of who we are. if you believe in evolution, why have we evolved with such a complex system if it's completely unnecessary? Either way, it's there for a reason, profoundly affecting what makes us human.

It truly is a mind boggling question isn't it? It's also been used by humans for over 3000 years. A person needs to look to why it was outlawed yet hash bars were still open and very popular among the upper class at the time.

Hate to break this to you.  No law has ever stopped someone from getting pot or driving high. The laws just create criminal markets and criminal records.

Legalizing weed is not a good thing for society but it being illegal isn’t working out very well either.

I don't really care if you smoke it, eat it, shoot it, snort it, whatever.

But.....

Wherever I smell weed smoke I should be able to light up a cigarette. Convince me otherwise.

I live in a dry town but it has "medical" marijuana dispensaries. They even have their own "doctor" on site. But I have to go to the next county to get a bottle of wine. That's bullshit.

The cult like following of marijuana is the main driving factor that pisses me off about it. The worship of this plant has always been cringe.

Having been around both I'd rather deal w/ potheads over drunks.  Other than the smell, and with vapes and edibles even that doesn't have to be much of an issue now.

Kinda where I'm at. I voted to legalize here but sometimes regret it. I figured anyone who wanted to smoke it would anyway but that really didn't seem to be the case, especially in the schools. We have had so many edibles and vape carts come out in the last few years I couldn't honestly pin it all on the bill we passed, but use is definitely up around here.

Fucking druggies

Dean Vernon Wormer: ... Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Roy

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Only the cheap ditch weed smelled like a skunks ass back then. Now it all seems to smell like shit.

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Agreed. But I also believe fuckin druggies should be allowed to be fuckin druggies. How is that anyone else's business?

that's a bullshit stance to take. That's like saying it's OK to fire into a crowd because we have the 2nd Amendment. that's just stupid.

Driving stoned is a serious issue and needs addressed just like driving while drunk

Firing a gun into a crowd is illegal. That doesn't mean we make it illegal to own guns.

Driving stoned is illegal. But that means we make it illegal to get stoned??

That's complete bullshit, just because you know a handful of people that you think are stoned 24-7 doesn't mean all are the same.

In fact everyone I know that uses it only does it in the evening or once in a while, but lets group everyone together like liberals do with guns.

I bet nobody ever goes out for a beer or a drink at lunch, no that would never happen.

I'm glad you found something that helps you and is natural.

I used it for tremors when they get really bad, I can't even type because of the shaking, but CBD with a very small amount of THC slows it down quite a bit, but now we live in Idaho and it's a felony to have, so another win for conservatives lol, our side doesn't love freedom any more than liberals, we just want our own form of freedom. Look at all the people yelling at the clouds over this for example.