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Each week it is looking more and more likely that a crackdown on legal marijuana is coming. Let's say that Trump gives Sessions the go-ahead to send the Feds into Colorado to start arresting growers, dispensary owners, and users. What do you think the outcome will be? I think any of the following outcomes are possible.
-Congress legalizes marijuana at the federal level removing it from the controlled substances list
-Congress passes a "respect states' rights" bill, stopping the crackdown but not going as far as national legalization
-Colorado, Washington, California, etc go to court to protect their right to legal marijuana; SCOTUS sides with the states
-Colorado, Washington, California, etc go to court to protect their right to legal marijuana; SCOTUS sides with the Federal Government, bringing back national prohibition
-Other
What are your thoughts? I want to add that only one outcome is good for Jeff Sessions; and that's if SCOTUS upholds the Controlled Substances Act, voids the legalization measures, and brings back national prohibition. Any other outcome and he loses.
Last edited by bawac34618; 03-16-2017 at 03:11 PM..
I want to add that only one outcome is good for Jeff Sessions; and that's if SCOTUS upholds the Controlled Substances Act, voids the legalization measures, and brings back national prohibition. Any other outcome and he loses.
An R-controlled congress is simply not going to legalize marijuana. Particularly this one. While some Rs are seeing the light, they are still vastly in the minority.
The states that have legalized marijuana are already talking amongst themselves about legal ways to resist a potential federal crackdown. Since states have a very long history of regulating drugs within their borders, it's hard to see how a case could be made that they can't continue to regulate drugs within their borders.
An R-controlled congress is simply not going to legalize marijuana. Particularly this one. While some Rs are seeing the light, they are still vastly in the minority.
The states that have legalized marijuana are already talking amongst themselves about legal ways to resist a potential federal crackdown. Since states have a very long history of regulating drugs within their borders, it's hard to see how a case could be made that they can't continue to regulate drugs within their borders.
While I don't think removing cannabis from the controlled substances act could pass through this Congress, I think a "respect states' rights" bill could. A lot of (R)s are against legalization but oppose a crackdown as it puts them in a tight spot when it comes to advocating for states' rights on their issues, like LGBT equality and abortion.
Sending feds into states where marijuana is legal would be a very expensive, very unpopular move. Approval ratings for legalizing marijuana were as high as 60% last year.
I voted that it would go back to the states, but I think it should be legalized on a national basis.
In some ways that would be the best outcome. However, there are plenty of legal areas where states have differing laws, and yet we all manage. In fact, Rs push that solution when it comes to abortion, for example - they want Roe v Wade overturned, and abortion regulation returned to the states.
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