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pxl_jockey

pxl_jockey

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Wait! Hold on a second here. Are you guys saying that LEOs would dust cannabis with fentanyl in an effort to scare the general population about cannabis and try yet again to equate this miraculous & mysterious plant with hard narcotics like heroin & cocaine?!

Because it seems like that’s what you guys are saying and I, for one, am shocked and appalled at the implication that some local, state & federal LEOs view legal herb as a lost source of personal income and recurring revenue for their respective organisations and would act outside the law to the detriment of the population they’ve sworn to protect and serve. The very notion this could ever happen is outrageous!

*sigh* yeah, I think so too...
 
hans solo

hans solo

Left coast Canada
Having recently gone through some surgery it was interesting to see the addition of cannabis on the medical forms alongside alcohol and tobacco use. It was liberating to be able to discuss its use with medical professionals without the stigma usually associated with it.
 
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His_Highness

His_Highness

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
hans solo said:
Having recently gone through some surgery it was interesting to see the addition of cannabis on the medical forms alongside alcohol and tobacco use. It was liberating to be able to discuss its use with medical professionals without the stigma usually associated with it.
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When discussing cannabis use with our primary neurologist recently he asked what the cannabis prescription was and I said "low dose" but that's not what is used because full-spectrum is what is required to deal with the pain and nausea. Realizing I was talking about the black market.....He then put his hands over his ears, smiling, acting like he couldn't hear us and closed the file. Then he said "The guidelines have loosened up. Lets get you the correct prescription. Here's a referral to another neurologist who will take you seriously and get you prescribed correctly."

Our primary neuro said he has done all the homework, taken the all the steps to qualify to prescribe cannabis but until it's federally legal he's going to have to protect his license and practice and steer clear which is why he has to refer us to someone else.
 
macbill

macbill

Oh No! Mr macbill!!
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Ramahs

Ramahs

Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
Tranquility

Tranquility

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macbill said:
Advertising A Game About Weed Is Hard
A game about growing and selling weed that was released for PC and Mac last week has a bit of a problem: It’s a game about growing and selling weed.

“You’d think we were actually selling weed,” Devolver co-founder and Weedcraft, Inc. executive producer Mike Wilson told Kotaku. “Not selling, you know, a game about the industry.”
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I wonder what the hook is. There have been drug dealing games since Drugwars and you could play them even before a 386. I guess it is the grow portion. Something like one of the farming simulator games.
 
macbill

macbill

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Canadian weed giant Canopy Growth strikes $3.4 billion deal to buy Acreage after federal legalization

Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth announced Thursday a $3.4 billion deal to acquire Acreage Holdings that will take effect after cannabis has been legalized in the U.S.

The deal, which was finalized Thursday morning in New York, grants Canopy the right to buy all of Acreage’s stock following nationwide legalization; the two companies will operate independently until then. It will also grant Acreage access to Canopy vault of brands including Tweed.
 
macbill

macbill

Oh No! Mr macbill!!
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Support for marijuana legalization hits new high, CBS News poll finds
Sixty-five percent of Americans now think marijuana should be legal — a record high in CBS News polling. Most view marijuana as less harmful than alcohol and believe it is less dangerous than other drugs. Many opponents of legalization, however, think it leads to a rise in crime and most favor the federal government taking action to stop the sale of pot in states where it is currently legal.
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C No Ego

C No Ego

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macbill said:
Canadian weed giant Canopy Growth strikes $3.4 billion deal to buy Acreage after federal legalization

Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth announced Thursday a $3.4 billion deal to acquire Acreage Holdings that will take effect after cannabis has been legalized in the U.S.

The deal, which was finalized Thursday morning in New York, grants Canopy the right to buy all of Acreage’s stock following nationwide legalization; the two companies will operate independently until then. It will also grant Acreage access to Canopy vault of brands including Tweed.
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I guess that means it is not going to be free for all people then ??????
 
C No Ego

C No Ego

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macbill said:
Support for marijuana legalization hits new high, CBS News poll finds
Sixty-five percent of Americans now think marijuana should be legal — a record high in CBS News polling. Most view marijuana as less harmful than alcohol and believe it is less dangerous than other drugs. Many opponents of legalization, however, think it leads to a rise in crime and most favor the federal government taking action to stop the sale of pot in states where it is currently legal.
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so we are well over 50% majority favor... does majority ruling even work ? is it broke
 
ClearBlueLou

ClearBlueLou

unbearably light in the being....
macbill said:
Canadian weed giant Canopy Growth strikes $3.4 billion deal to buy Acreage after federal legalization

Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth announced Thursday a $3.4 billion deal to acquire Acreage Holdings that will take effect after cannabis has been legalized in the U.S.

The deal, which was finalized Thursday morning in New York, grants Canopy the right to buy all of Acreage’s stock following nationwide legalization; the two companies will operate independently until then. It will also grant Acreage access to Canopy vault of brands including Tweed.
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If they want to ensure participation by communities of color, they need to block moves like this one. ALL moves like this one. I’ll bet they’ve already closed a deal with Phylos for one of their “limited” “breeder partnerships.

Phylos is turning out to be a highly deceptive shit-show...like we need another....

macbill said:
Congressional Democrats Hold First-Ever Marijuana Reform Panel At Policy Retreat
For the first time, congressional Democrats held a policy retreat that featured a panel dedicated entirely to marijuana reform and the need to repair the harms of the war on drugs.
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their ‘searching’ questions did not include “what happens if Big Money decides to control weed and weed legislation, or how do we make sure community participation *real* and not just another round of token figureheads.

Apparently they have not asked either Willie Nelson or Snoop Dogg for input
 
macbill

macbill

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Corporations embracing 420 as legalization grows

Potheads have for decades celebrated their love of marijuana on April 20, but the once counter-culture celebration that was all about getting stoned now is so mainstream Corporate America is starting to embrace it.

No, Hallmark doesn’t yet have a card to mark “420.” But many other businesses inside and outside the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry are using April 20, or 4/20, to roll out marketing and social media messaging aimed at connecting with consumers driving the booming market.

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U.S. says immigrants can be denied citizenship over marijuana ties, even in states where it's legal
New guidance from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — which issues green cards and citizenship — says immigrants involved in "marijuana-related activities" could be found to lack good moral character, which is required to gain citizenship. "Activities" include the possession, manufacturing, distribution or dispensing of cannabis, regardless of state laws.
 
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Summer

Summer

Long Island, NY
It's not revoking it, it's not giving it. Weed is still federally illegal so they can't extend citizenship to anyone working in an illegal industry. Has nothing to do with political party affiliation. Makes logical sense to me.
 
Tranquility

Tranquility

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ClearBlueLou said:
They’ve actually begun revoking citizenships, very sad to say.
I *do* see that revocation was not mentioned in the post, so my apologies

(Fever dreams are THE. WORST.)
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The only U.S. citizenship that can be revoked is one based on fraud or deception. (There is a small subset of possibility for people born outside of the U.S. to U.S. citizens as decisions have not completely covered that possibility yet. The theoretical revocation has not happened to anyone as far as I'm aware. See also, Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815)

Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/387/253/

Syllabus

Petitioner, of Polish birth, became a naturalized American citizen in 1926. He went to Israel in 1950, and in 1951 voted in an Israeli legislative election. The State Department subsequently refused to renew his passport, maintaining that petitioner had lost his citizenship by virtue of § 401(e) of the Nationality Act of 1940 which provides that a United States citizen shall "lose" his citizenship if he votes in a foreign political election. Petitioner then brought this declaratory judgment action alleging the unconstitutionality of § 401(e). On the basis of Perez v. Brownell, 356 U. S. 44, the District Court and Court of Appeals held that Congress, under its implied power to regulate foreign affairs, can strip an American citizen of his citizenship.

Held: Congress has no power under the Constitution to divest a person of his United States citizenship absent his voluntary renunciation thereof. Perez v. Brownell, supra, overruled. Pp. 387 U. S. 256-268.

(a) Congress has no express power under the Constitution to strip a person of citizenship, and no such power can be sustained as an implied attribute of sovereignty, as was recognized by Congress before the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, and a mature and well considered dictum in Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 9 Wheat. 738, 22 U. S. 827, is to the same effect. Pp. 387 U. S. 257-261.

(b) The Fourteenth Amendment's provision that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States . . ." completely controls the status of citizenship, and prevents the cancellation of petitioner's citizenship. Pp. 387 U. S. 262-268.​
 
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