The Tide Has Turned on the War on Drugs - $50Myr for CA Minority Communities (legal, polls)

[steven_h]

This November there will be 8 more states voting on their own pot laws. The biggest by far is California with Prop 64. With polls showing 59% in favor of passing (up from 49% in 2009) it appears the Golden State will triple the legal pot market literally over night.
Will California Go All in on Legalizing Recreational Weed? | Alternet

"The AUMA has a community reinvestment fund with the first revenues available in 2019," said DPA's Lyman, adding that it will be $10 million the first year and up to $50 million a year in the future. "This is going to communities most impacted by the drug war, black and brown communities, and will include everything from legal services, to public health and economic development. The communities will be able to decide."

It will also retroactively free more than 10,000 non-violent offenders sitting in prisons, and makes it possible for the nearly 1/2 million possession/intent felons to reclassify their records down to misdemeanors. This is great news, and though Prop 64 still has some issues where it falls short, it is more than a step in the right direction.

States just won big time:

The Federal Appeals Court stepped in last week and told the feds to back off their insane pot laws, declaring states rights to have and enforce their own marijuana laws.
The Largest Federal Appeals Court Tells DOJ To Back Off State-Legal Medical Marijuana

So far there are 25 states and DC (the irony) which have legalized medical. With CA likely to legalize adult recreational use this November, the end of this insanity will be in sight. There will be ballots in every state within a few years. The war on drugs (citizens and especially minorities) must come to an end.

[steven_h]

I'm surprised nobody had anything to say. Maybe the tide has finally turned.

[Raddo]

I know someone who will reply, but I bet it is taking him longer than Norml (pun intended) to get his propaganda together for this one.

[middle-aged mom]

This would be a good question to pose to the candidates during the debates.

I am curious how "the Law and Order " Candidate would respond.

[Raddo]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

This would be a good question to pose to the candidates during the debates.

I am curious how "the Law and Order " Candidate would respond.

To be honest, I don't know which candidate that is!

If it is Trump, he has gone on record saying he thinks it should be left up to the states.

[Nepenthe]

It is great news.

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[Kaphawoman]

This is particularly great news for California where we already have overcrowded prisons and gang and cartel crime. I'm all for anything that cuts into their profits. And I prefer this as a tax generator over raising sales and gas taxes and other fees, which are already relatively high.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by steven_h

"The AUMA has a community reinvestment fund with the first revenues available in 2019," said DPA's Lyman, adding that it will be $10 million the first year and up to $50 million a year in the future. "This is going to communities most impacted by the drug war, black and brown communities, and will include everything from legal services, to public health and economic development. The communities will be able to decide."

I was thinking, what does a pot legalization initiative have to do with giving black and brown communities $50 million a year? Is this just liberals being liberal? But it occurs to me that this is a payoff. White hipsters entering the legal marijuana growing business will need to compensate the "communities" who have controlled the industry to this point.

[westcoastforme]

Originally Posted by steven_h

This November there will be 8 more states voting on their own pot laws. The biggest by far is California with Prop 64. With polls showing 59% in favor of passing (up from 49% in 2009) it appears the Golden State will triple the legal pot market literally over night.
Will California Go All in on Legalizing Recreational Weed? | Alternet

"The AUMA has a community reinvestment fund with the first revenues available in 2019," said DPA's Lyman, adding that it will be $10 million the first year and up to $50 million a year in the future. "This is going to communities most impacted by the drug war, black and brown communities, and will include everything from legal services, to public health and economic development. The communities will be able to decide."

It will also retroactively free more than 10,000 non-violent offenders sitting in prisons, and makes it possible for the nearly 1/2 million possession/intent felons to reclassify their records down to misdemeanors. This is great news, and though Prop 64 still has some issues where it falls short, it is more than a step in the right direction.

States just won big time:

The Federal Appeals Court stepped in last week and told the feds to back off their insane pot laws, declaring states rights to have and enforce their own marijuana laws.
The Largest Federal Appeals Court Tells DOJ To Back Off State-Legal Medical Marijuana

So far there are 25 states and DC (the irony) which have legalized medical. With CA likely to legalize adult recreational use this November, the end of this insanity will be in sight. There will be ballots in every state within a few years. The war on drugs (citizens and especially minorities) must come to an end.

The time has come, the time is NOW

[Prickly Pear]

Oh boy. I wonder if notmeofficer will comment on this thread.