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So a fifth of the country is now in position to buy, sell and smoke legally. 60% of the adult populace favors legalization nationwide.

The industry up til now has been protected by federal priorities being assigned elsewhere and the Rohrabacher rider that protects medical dispensaries (currently only those under the 9th Circuit are directly protected).

Trump, if I had to guess, doesn't give much of a personal shit about it. He's said he's opposed to Colorado-style legalization but pro-medical and states rights blah blah blah. However, Pence/Giuliani/Christie are all drug warriors and he took $30mn or so from Sheldon Adelson (who poured money into anti-medical and anti-recreational measures this cycle) and private prisons (who also strongly oppose legalization).

Seems like a lot of stoners and people in the industry are sanguine about things but I'd be nervous if my livelihood and investments were tied up in the nascent legal industry.

milosz wrote:So a fifth of the country is now in position to buy, sell and smoke legally. 60% of the adult populace favors legalization nationwide.

The industry up til now has been protected by federal priorities being assigned elsewhere and the Rohrabacher rider that protects medical dispensaries (currently only those under the 9th Circuit are directly protected).

Trump, if I had to guess, doesn't give much of a personal shit about it. He's said he's opposed to Colorado-style legalization but pro-medical and states rights blah blah blah. However, Pence/Giuliani/Christie are all drug warriors and he took $30mn or so from Sheldon Adelson (who poured money into anti-medical and anti-recreational measures this cycle) and private prisons (who also strongly oppose legalization).

Seems like a lot of stoners and people in the industry are sanguine about things but I'd be nervous if my livelihood and investments were tied up in the nascent legal industry.

Weed, like Mexicans, ain't going away. Question is, how should the average Joe invest in it?

Trey Gowdy is shortlisted for AG if Rudy doesn't want the job (hopefully Christie is getting ass-fucked in prison)

http://www.rollcall.com/news/home/dc-po ... times-ahea
"Rep. Trey Gowdy said he takes a "pretty dim view" of marijuana legalization, as a former federal prosecutor. The South Carolina Republican sits on the two committees that have taken an interest in pot policy — Judiciary, as well as Oversight and Government Reform — and told CQ Roll Call he fails to understand how states can trump federal anti-drug law.
Legalizing marijuana in Congress' backyard could be a particularly tricky issue , Gowdy acknowledged. He declined to specifically weigh in on D.C.'s initiative, but indicated some deference to the will of local voters.
"It's one of the few territories that's mentioned with specificity in the Constitution, so it is unique," he said. "But when I was the chairman of the D.C. subcommittee, I didn't meddle in their affairs. This is a little different, when you take something that is on its face against federal law and say that we're going to supersede it ... I wouldn't support that effort if a state did it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/1 ... 64995.html
Introduced by Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the ENFORCE the Law Act (H.R. 4138) would allow the House or the Senate to sue the president for “failure to faithfully execute federal laws,” including those related to immigration, health care and marijuana.
“President Obama has established a disturbing pattern of cherry picking the laws he wishes to enforce,” Issa said in a statement. “The Constitution charges the President with the responsibility to faithfully execute all the laws and not just the ones he supports.”

milosz wrote:Trey Gowdy is shortlisted for AG if Rudy doesn't want the job (hopefully Christie is getting ass-fucked in prison)

http://www.rollcall.com/news/home/dc-po ... times-ahea
"Rep. Trey Gowdy said he takes a "pretty dim view" of marijuana legalization, as a former federal prosecutor. The South Carolina Republican sits on the two committees that have taken an interest in pot policy — Judiciary, as well as Oversight and Government Reform — and told CQ Roll Call he fails to understand how states can trump federal anti-drug law.
Legalizing marijuana in Congress' backyard could be a particularly tricky issue , Gowdy acknowledged. He declined to specifically weigh in on D.C.'s initiative, but indicated some deference to the will of local voters.
"It's one of the few territories that's mentioned with specificity in the Constitution, so it is unique," he said. "But when I was the chairman of the D.C. subcommittee, I didn't meddle in their affairs. This is a little different, when you take something that is on its face against federal law and say that we're going to supersede it ... I wouldn't support that effort if a state did it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/1 ... 64995.html
Introduced by Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the ENFORCE the Law Act (H.R. 4138) would allow the House or the Senate to sue the president for “failure to faithfully execute federal laws,” including those related to immigration, health care and marijuana.
“President Obama has established a disturbing pattern of cherry picking the laws he wishes to enforce,” Issa said in a statement. “The Constitution charges the President with the responsibility to faithfully execute all the laws and not just the ones he supports.”

I guess Federalism doesn't count with Trey?

How does he feel about Montana's laws against "new gun control"?

Dope and guns - it's nobody's business but your own.

Jeff Sessions as AG - I do enjoy the number of stoners who voted for Trump and are now realizing what the fuck is up.