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8 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Yes. These communities were targeted on purpose. Mass incarceration is a huge problem. 

White communities, of course, were probably the least affected. 

Ironically, it’s white communities that are now in chaos due to the opioid crisis. 

The TRUE WAR ON PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES is what needs to happen.

Not just the companies. Doctors that prescribe stuff too casually are also partially to blame

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Ladey Gaygay

Bernie please win I don't want my future f.ucked over by a 300 pound spawn from hell

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Jewels n Drugs

well hes got my vote

oh look when you werent looking my motorcycle turned into a piano
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Morphine Prince
18 minutes ago, Economy said:

Not just the companies. Doctors that prescribe stuff too casually are also partially to blame

Several doctors have gone to prison. But the root of it all is the companies. It’s really disgusting if you look into it. 

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4 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Several doctors have gone to prison. But the root of it all is the companies. It’s really disgusting if you look into it. 

I really dont know enough details to go say much about it tbh

 

what do the companies do?

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Morphine Prince
1 minute ago, Economy said:

I really dont know enough details to go say much about it tbh

 

what do the companies do?

This is a great video, he goes through several factors, definitely recommend if you’re interested in knowing more: 

Several companies have faced lawsuits and have had to pay millions already. 

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Welp, it's likely there goes his chances for 2020 if the heart attack didn't. I say this as an avid pot-smoker. 

From a political PR standpoint, unfortunately, the majority of voters will not back a candidate that's for legalization of MJ (thank God it's legal here in Oregon) Our country is way too conservative as whole for this to pass (right now) Trust me, I'm all for it but really doubt this will fly. 

Also his recent heart attack doesn't spread a strong health image, one which majority of voters want in a presidential candidate. 

Suffice to say, I love 420 and am between voting for Sanders/Warren, but I doubt our country will vote for something like this. I may be eating my words this time next year tho :huntyga:

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21 minutes ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

Welp, it's likely there goes his chances for 2020 if the heart attack didn't. I say this as an avid pot-smoker. 

From a political PR standpoint, unfortunately, the majority of voters will not back a candidate that's for legalization of MJ (thank God it's legal here in Oregon) Our country is way too conservative as whole for this to pass (right now) Trust me, I'm all for it but really doubt this will fly. 

Also his recent heart attack doesn't spread a strong health image, one which majority of voters want in a presidential candidate. 

Suffice to say, I love 420 and am between voting for Sanders/Warren, but I doubt our country will vote for something like this. I may be eating my words this time next year tho :huntyga: A super-majority of Americans, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, support making marijuana use legal in the United States, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Gallup, first reported by Forbes. 

A super-majority of Americans, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, support making marijuana use legal in the United States, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Gallup, first reported by Forbes. 

Sixty-six percent of respondents endorse legalization, a total that is consistent with other recent polls and that is nearly 30 percent higher than 2012 totals--when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize adult marijuana use. A separate nationwide pollreleased yesterday by PPRI (the Public Religion Research Institute) similarly reported that two in three Americans support legalizing and regulating adults' marijuana use. 

Commenting on the poll results, NORML Political Director Justin Strekal said: "There is no buyers remorse on the part of the American people. In recent years, Americans support for legalization has only grown stronger. At the end of the day, every age demographic below 65, representing the overwhelming majority of the taxpaying public, would rather their dollars be spent regulate cannabis, not incarcerate it’s consumers."

https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/gallup-super-majority-of-americans-support-legalizing-marijuana/

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1 hour ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

Biden is not for legalization:
 

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Biden gets one thing right: we do need more research surrounding pain management. However, his refusal to acknowledge the viability of cannabis as a possible treatment exposes his basic misunderstanding of both marijuana and the drugs currently used to manage pain. Though extensive research is necessary to determine the efficacy of marijuana for specific maladies, there is little doubt that it has tremendous potential for reducing the U.S.’s ongoing opioid epidemic, among other things. Considering the existing scientific evidence, Biden’s perspective that marijuana is somehow “inhumane,” and thus not to even be considered as a treatment for pain, is simply illogical. His opinion stems more from prejudice against cannabis (and the people who use it) than from science.

Biden receives a “D” grade for his views on cannabis because he both fails to recognize or acknowledge its medicinal uses and because he is the only prominent Democratic Party presidential candidate who does not support cannabis legalization. The only thing Biden has going for him is a stated desire for criminal justice reform, which saves him from a failing grade.

https://www.cannalawblog.com/grading-the-democratic-presidential-candidates-on-marijuana-joe-biden/

 

 

Warren is for legalization but this is a position she only reached recently:
 

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This past April, Senator Elizabeth Warren clearly vocalized her support for cannabis legalization at a CNN town hall. On social media, Warren has also come out strongly in support of legalization. Warren’s website, however, does not specifically advocate for legalization but rather for “rewriting our laws to decriminalize marijuana.” It is unclear whether this is an important distinction in Warren’s platform as a presidential candidate.

History with marijuana legislation: Warren’s stance on marijuana has evolved over the course of her senate career. In 2011 during her first campaign for Senate, Warren expressed openness to legalizing medical marijuana but opposed legalization in general. At the CNN town hall this past April, Warren declared that she had supported Massachusetts’ ballot initiative to legalize marijuana back in 2012. In reality, Warren was hesitant to offer her support for the ballot initiative, vacillating between silence and tentative approval. In a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Warren also exaggerated her support for Massachusetts’ 2016 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana; she said she had endorsed it, but her only statement about the initiative was that she was “open to the possibility of legalizing marijuana.”

In 2018, however, Warren pushed for marijuana reform through both her rhetoric and legislative action. In 2018, she co-wrote a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to reinstate the Cole memo. Later that year, she co-sponsored the STATES Act, a bi-partisan bill which, if passed, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow States to “implement their own marijuana laws without federal interference.” She also co-sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act (which would legalize marijuana if passed) as well as multiple other marijuana reform bills.

Warren became a vocal advocate of legalization just a year before announcing her intention to run for president in December of 2018. Considering that the majority of Americans support legalization, this shift in Warren’s platform was most definitely a deliberate move as Warren geared up for her presidential campaign.

Warren receives a “B+” grade on cannabis. She obviously wants to come across as a long-time advocate for marijuana reform. Despite her claims, however, Warren did not consistently support legalization of marijuana before 2016. Additionally, the statement on Warren’s website regarding marijuana calls for decriminalization, rather than legalization, even though Warren herself has called for legalization. Fortunately, Warren’s recent legislative action surrounding marijuana is promising, indicating Warren would likely reform marijuana laws if elected President.

https://www.cannalawblog.com/grading-the-democratic-presidential-candidates-on-marijuana-elizabeth-warren/

 

 

Bernie has been pro marijuana legalization the longest out of any democratic nominee:

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Over the course of his career, the Vermont senator has maintained a pro-legalization stance. As a House representative in the 1990s, when it was uncommon to do so, Sanders co-sponsored and signed a multitude of bills to legalize marijuana, to reschedule the drug, and to protect states that legalized cannabis for medicinal use. As a senator, Sanders has continued to sponsor pro-legalization bills, the most recent being the Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, which focuses on legalization as a method of criminal justice reform, and the Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019, which would protect banks that serve cannabis businesses.

Sanders receives an “A” grade based on his nearly flawless support for cannabis for the last 20 years. His record of pro-legalization legislation is remarkable and cannabis legalization is a central part of his platform as a presidential candidate. Though Sanders supported a couple bills early in his career that were inconsistent with his criminal justice platform, his two decades of pro-legalization legislation and rhetoric demonstrate his dedication to cannabis legalization and convince us that a Sanders presidency will be great for cannabis.

https://www.cannalawblog.com/https-www-cannalawblog-com-grading-the-democratic-presidential-candidates-on-marijuana-bernie-sanders/

 

 

Hello somebody! Come through with the receipts! 

 

Can I just say this issue is symbolic of the 3 in the primary? Biden has it mostly wrong. Warren has “evolved” & there’s a video of Bernie 20-30 years ago telling somebody the same thing he’s saying today. 

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1 hour ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

A super-majority of Americans, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, support making marijuana use legal in the United States, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Gallup, first reported by Forbes. 

Sixty-six percent of respondents endorse legalization, a total that is consistent with other recent polls and that is nearly 30 percent higher than 2012 totals--when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize adult marijuana use. A separate nationwide pollreleased yesterday by PPRI (the Public Religion Research Institute) similarly reported that two in three Americans support legalizing and regulating adults' marijuana use. 

Commenting on the poll results, NORML Political Director Justin Strekal said: "There is no buyers remorse on the part of the American people. In recent years, Americans support for legalization has only grown stronger. At the end of the day, every age demographic below 65, representing the overwhelming majority of the taxpaying public, would rather their dollars be spent regulate cannabis, not incarcerate it’s consumers."

https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/gallup-super-majority-of-americans-support-legalizing-marijuana/

Well thank God for "Gallup" :vegas:

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17 minutes ago, AHippieIsBorn said:

Well thank God for "Gallup" :vegas:

Public Religion Research Institute Fall 2019 Survey

Two-thirds of Americans support legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Democrats (79 percent) and Independents (71 percent) are most supportive, while less than half of Republicans (46 percent) back legalization.

Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP August 2019 Poll

Sixty-three percent of Americans say that marijuana should be legal nationwide.

Marist/NPR/PBS July 2019 Poll

Sixty-three percent of US adults believe that it is a “good idea” to “legalize marijuana nationwide."

Axios/Survey Monkey June 2019 Poll

Sixty-three percent of US adults support  "legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on a national level” and 87 percent of respondents support "allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes” if their doctor authorizes it.

PSB/Buzzfeed Poll (April 2019)

Sixty percent of Americans support federal legislation that would tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.

General Social Survey: March 2019 Poll

Sixty-one percent of Americans, including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, support the legalization of marijuana for adults.

 

https://norml.org/library/national-legalization-polls

 

If you click on that link there are 4 more pages of polls that show a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization. I’m not sure why you thought otherwise :vegas:

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On 10/24/2019 at 6:06 PM, Bonkers said:

Big deal, Buttigieg is also going to legalize PNP so we don't keep falling into the trap of sleeping with our dealers. :vegas:

Also to note: Pete is the only candidate who's going so far as to decriminalize all drugs. That's right, ALL drugs. This is besides the federal legalization of marijuana, btw.

Edit: would like to know what was so funny in this @ALGAYDO. The clownery of GGD Bernie stans  is something else  :flop:

Meanwhile, I'm LMAOing at the fact that Pete has passed Bernie in the Iowa RCP average :lmao:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-6731.html

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38 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

Public Religion Research Institute Fall 2019 Survey

Two-thirds of Americans support legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Democrats (79 percent) and Independents (71 percent) are most supportive, while less than half of Republicans (46 percent) back legalization.

Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP August 2019 Poll

Sixty-three percent of Americans say that marijuana should be legal nationwide.

Marist/NPR/PBS July 2019 Poll

Sixty-three percent of US adults believe that it is a “good idea” to “legalize marijuana nationwide."

Axios/Survey Monkey June 2019 Poll

Sixty-three percent of US adults support  "legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on a national level” and 87 percent of respondents support "allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes” if their doctor authorizes it.

PSB/Buzzfeed Poll (April 2019)

Sixty percent of Americans support federal legislation that would tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.

General Social Survey: March 2019 Poll

Sixty-one percent of Americans, including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, support the legalization of marijuana for adults.

 

https://norml.org/library/national-legalization-polls

 

If you click on that link there are 4 more pages of polls that show a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization. I’m not sure why you thought otherwise :vegas:

Are you looking to return something? 

All I see is RECEIPTS :giveup:

 

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Lilmonzter

Bernie Sanders coming through 

So many lives have been destroyed by simple nonviolent cannabis convictions  that got really high sentences.

Well this might be a relief for a lot of people.

 

 

Sing C'est la vie 
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