@fight2bfree keep the people who are either caught coming in to the country or are already here in prison for 5 years.
Think of how much money that's going to cost. And I thought that the republicans would have a problem with the cost but remembered that they are in the pockets of their donors and won't do anything about it.

Keeping people in prison because of MJ is asinine when it's legal in other states but not in the one that they live in.
Plus the amount of money spent on the DEA and other agencies who are involved in catching MJ users could be spent on other things like funding social programs for the poor.
And the death toll from SWAT teams is another waste of money, but those guys need to keep practicing their actions for when they use it for other reasons.

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@fight2bfree @fight2bfree It turns out Trump had coattails, while Hillary showed up in a t-shirt with a Goldwater Arrow on it, and 2018 is the next chance to change that...

There is no major opposition party as the Party of Appeasement is floundering around with the failed Turd Way NeoLiberal Wing trying to maintain control, while the Liberal/Progressive Wing is blocked from power in the party as 14 million have left the party and the hemorrhage continues unabated...

Meanwhile the largest power bloc, the Independents remain headless and unfocused after a brief Sanders Love Event, that ended with him caving in to the party establishment after a Rigged Primary and becoming a Cuck for Medusa...

We need to stop floundering and find a way to steamroll these clowns...
I don't believe that 60's and 70's style activism will work against the police state...
Even China has more conscience than these paramilitary clowns we have today...
Our tanks wouldn't stop...

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@Pluto's Republic

That's what I thought about beating Hillary. Appears there's no end to greed and stupid in the human race.

…have something to do with curbing the People's access. But something tells me it's about the need for authoritarian punishment, in large part.

The marijuana sector is literally on fire, but the bet is on the restricted pharmaceutical value. Cannabis-related stocks really performed in 2016, gaining a whopping 236 percent. By way of comparison, the S&P 500 gained just under 10 percent in 2016.

Marijuana Continues To Outperform The Market: Cannabis Stock Index Up For 8th Consecutive Week

February 23, 2017 (Seeking Alpha)

Cannabis stocks had another great week, with the Viridian Cannabis Stock Index up for the eighth consecutive week. For the seven days ended February 3, the index gained 1.8 percent.

While this surge represented a slowdown in relation to previous weeks, it still implied a marked outperformance in relation to major market indexes and ETFs like the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the PowerShares Trust, Series 1 (ETF), and the iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF).

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Israel is probably the leading developer in that sector, and there are now Marijuana ETFs and Hedge funds.

Key is the fact that research scientists around the world are finding cures for almost everything in cannabis compounds — all begging to be monetized. For example:

Jamaican Scientists Close To Creating Affordable Hepatitis C Drug From Cannabis

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday February 15, 2017 – Research scientists say they have discovered properties in Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the major bioactive compounds in the cannabis plant, that have the potential to provide affordable treatment as nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals for hepatitis C.

Information on the new discovery can be found in the latest issue (January – March 2017) of Pharmacognosy Research, a publication of Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide, making it subject to peer review.

Meanwhile, this article in the Cannabist is very informative re Sessions. Personally, I believe Trump will be removed from office, but the beatings will continue under Pence. And that's not such a bad thing. It may wake the Americans People to the reality of the degrading abuse they suffer (by developed nation standards in the 21st century) and their near-total lack of representation in government.

Or, not.

@peachcreek in what they do, this is mostly political theater to gin up the stupid who willingly and gladly voted for these freaks for the last 30 years. Their authoritarian streak has been massively offended by MJ use and they want that stopped, now. Never mind there is no reason, and certainly the "detriments" you point out are not detriments at all in their dumb book. Jail time, lose of income, stress on states, why that's all part of the good part to these willfully stupid idiots. And hey, if some people should happen to die that just culls out the population, a win-win, no tax dollars need be spent on the already dead.

And, it seems to me that state legislatures, especially in those states where mj use is currently completely legal, should just hand out medical marijuana cards to all voting age citizens. It could save states some serious $$, e.g. fewer alcohol and opioid related injuries and deaths, mental health costs, etc.
And, it's just the right thing to do. Incarceration might bring some wealth to DT's friends in the Private Prison industry, but it has serious costs for states and communities that lose a family's breadwinner or caregiver to prison for such petty crimes. The consequence is even more stress on the local, already fragile, state support systems. So what's it going to be?

@eyo

Gee I wonder why? California gun sales surge to beat new gun control limits. Oh yeah that's why.

The new gun control legislation, six bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in July, was a boon to 2016 gun sales already on an upward trend. Nearly one million firearms were purchased in California as of Dec. 9, the most recent state data available, compared to just over 700,000 guns sold in all of 2015. Sales have likely soared beyond one million guns since then.

Semiautomatic rifle sales have more than doubled. The California Department of Justice reported 364,643 semiautomatic rifles had been sold by Dec. 9. Only 153,931 rifles were sold last year.

Pacific Outfitters managing partner Chris Ostrom said they haven’t had any semiautomatic rifles in stock for weeks, and before that they’d sell out the day a shipment came in.

Booya! Good job Ds. It is already an active war around here, between LEOs, outlaws, criminal gangs, crazy-ass greed growers. Now we have millionaire speculator shell companies jacking up real estate yet again, and the cost of everything else goes up. It never ends.

Blah blah blah, the point is, with Immigration and Cannabis policy Trump can really put the hurt on California. Anyone else feel the recession coming? There are more and more hints. I wouldn't be surprised if politically the state flips again, back to red and not the Panama kind. It is already bloody ugly.
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@dkmich Don't forget your history--states' rights also matter when we're trying to keep the dirty lazy people with darker skin in their place.

Fuck this shit.

They only matter when these anal retentive jesus freaks are restricting abortion and gay rights. If Obama hadn't of been such a liar and traitor, the GOP would be dead.

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal @Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal The DC cannabis scene is starting to hit its stride. There are no legal marijuana sales because the House of Representatives has authority over all government spending in the district and they refuse to create a DC cannabis revenue cabinet. Yeah, they won't spend the money to create an office that would collect the money.

So in the meantime people have come up with different ways to skirt the law, selling t-shirts, posters, hats, tea, etc., with a "free" gift of MJ. And that kind of sucks. But lately there have been "events" where several growers and concentrate producers rent a space and charge $5-$15 admission and now it's a private, invitation only event where you can show your support for your favorite table display with a donation to keep them growing and maybe they'll return the favor in kind.

I have to say the whole scene is a little off the hook. They've got rigs all fired up for you to sample the shatter. The lack of regulation is what makes it a total free-for-all.

This is what I think he's talking about when he wants to crackdown on rec mj. It's so in his face it's hard to ignore it. I mean, the likelihood that some intern will show up with a H-enail in his backpack just increases daily, and considering the competence of his administration to date, might have already happened.

BUT Trump also named Boulder D.A. Stan Garnett to his pot advisory group.
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_30760353/boulder-da-st...
That's an odd juxtaposition, seeing how Garnett is probably the best D.A. in the country to lead the process of legalization. So I think Trump is trying to have it both ways. He's hiring progressive pot prosecutors, and then telling the conservative base that there will be a renewed crackdown. I predict some widely publicized crackdowns with few arrests and prosecutions, and then a year or two later they'll do a national legalization.

Anyone who is not familiar with Dr. Bob Melamede's theory of BLP and FLP needs to go review that stuff right now, as it is essential in understanding the politics behind marijuana legalization. Most BLP - backwards looking people - are conservatives who don't smoke pot. Most FLPs - forward looking people - are progressive (by definition) and are more favorable to legalization. But there are a surprising number of conservative pot smokers. I have a strong suspicion that you can tell a BLP what he wants to hear and they'll be appeased even in the face of real concessions to a FLP. Seems tailor made for someone who is working both groups.

They mean they're going to run around Colorado, Oregon, Maine, Massachusetts and Washington State, and have the feds throw their weight around in defiance of the will of the people and state laws?

This pretty much feeds my tinfoil hat brain, because there's no self-interested reason why Trump would do this. He's not Mr. Morality, on the social front, and I can't believe he really gives a shit what people smoke; and this is going to massively piss off not only his opponents, but his supporters. Non-corporatist Republicans don't like a strong federal government forcing state governments to do its will, for multiple reasons. This is a lot more what I would expect from Pence. Makes me wonder if Trump himself wants out; stuff like this will make it easier to impeach him, because it will significantly decrease the blowback, because a lot fewer people will be upset that he's gone.