| I love the arrogance of the weed smokers. I am sure the WH staffers were thinking the same way, right up until they were fired. |
Annnnnnd again, Federal job reference. Do you not have any other points to make? |
| Even the "good" Obama federally prosecuted illegal marijuana sales from dispensaries. If people think they are safe breaking the law, more power to them. |
You still mad you can't get cleared, but people who have used pot can? |
| Lying on an FS-86 is a felony. |
Yes narc, we know. |
Pretending you know what an FS-86 is isn't a felony. It is just funny! |
I am glad to know that you are familiar then.
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LMAO. I know you can't comprehend the situation but you keep losing... |
+1 This guy is a mega dotard. You have to be an idiot to get busted for smoking weed, regardless of whether you have a clearance or not. This guy knows nothing about the real world. |
Who was prosecuted? Purchasers or the people who took a far greater risk of distributing pounds and pounds of pot? |
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I'm reading the book, "Locking Up Our Own," by a Black (former) public defender in DC in the 90s, about how Black leadership were some of the toughest on crime, particularly with regard to drug laws. And some of their arguments in the 70s and 80s against decriminalization of marijuana was that while both Black and White youth use in the same numbers, White kids are generally higher income and have the economic supports and resources to help mitigate any damage done through drug use. Black youth generally don't. And at the heart of that are income disparities that impact everything we do.
In fact, in some jurisdictions where marijuana has been legalized for those 21 and over, the arrest rate for Black youth has gone up. Because marijuana use has gone up. I personally don't care if marijuana is legal or not. But it does present other social disorder issues, outside of arrests/records, and those will still impact Black youth more than White. Look at Sha'Carri Richardson's suspension from the Olympics for THC use. It's not an arrest. But it is a negative impact of drug use. And those types of issues will continue to disproportionately impact people of color. Back to the point of the book -- we need to create an infrastructure that supports the health impacts of drug use if we are going to legalize it. And we completely ignore that. While marijuana isn't addictive in the traditional sense, improper use can rise to the level of marijuana use disorder. And that does impact family, work, and community. Put the support services in place at the same time. Use some of that new tax money to do so. |
It is pretty clear that I am talking to children here, which is awesome. I hate to be "that guy", but one of things I've noticed about "kids these days" (basically Millennials on down) is that everyone thinks they know everything and and aggressively tell your and yet refuse to do their homework. The Obama administration cracked down on medical marijuana dispensaries, prosecuting both owners and ordinary minimum wage employees. https://newrepublic.com/article/97203/obama-medical-marijuana-crackdown https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/223693-obama-defends-action-on-medical-marijuana-dispensaries State and local police in California are now actively prosecuting the "grey market" that people in this thread seem to think is immune. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/09/los-angeles-legalization-cannabis-criminalization-467572 That will soon come to DC. But it is easy to see why folks on here feel immune. They're not Black.
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Bwahahahaha!!!!! So very true. |
So I'm a child but you totally ignore the bolded word in my short question. Of course. |