Do you think weed will ever be legal?

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Originally Posted by damnwhatsmyname

I wish that they would hurry up:hippy:

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Thats why its taking so long.. Your letting Them do it.. If instead of They ,Think WE... and it would happen much faster.

If you want to help speed things up start with education on its history and usages , Knowledge is Power, Then Vote.. Tell everyone you can to Vote and at some point futures collide...

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Originally Posted by maik

If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you

Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.

It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.

For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.

Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.

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I'm not going to slam Emery, but what he's doing now is hardly "positive".

I WISH that marijuana was legal, starting yesterday. In the meanwhile, I'm hiding.

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Actually, you're wrong. Because it isn't talked about in the Constitution, the Federal Government can't (or isn't supposed to) make any federal decision of the legality of marijuana. The way our government was supposed to work is that if it wasn't in the Constitution, the Federal Government could have no say in it. Only the States have the power to ban or allow certain substances or social services (public schools, Social Security, etc).

However, we have long strayed against the libertarian ideology that founded our Constitution.

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Originally Posted by maik View Post
If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you

Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.

It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.

For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.

Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.

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If you read it that way how do you explain it was Legal to Grow/Harvest/Smoke in Public ect. until 1933 and was only after the Tax Stamp Act and that was an act not an Amendment was passed that made it so.. Unless you are speaking of Treaties were the Constitution requires the U.S. abide by such in the international community.. If thats what you speak of then we need only withdraw from said treaties..

Specifically of which do you speak...

it must be imsure once i join the army im going to make a lil speach about cannabis and making it legal.

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Originally Posted by maik

If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you

Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.

It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.

For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.

Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.

Also,


I'm not going to slam Emery, but what he's doing now is hardly "positive".

I WISH that marijuana was legal, starting yesterday. In the meanwhile, I'm hiding.

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Nowhere in the U.S. constitution does it say pot is illegal, nor in any Amendment to the Constitution. It's a federal law. The best thing that can be done right now, is to repeal the federal law, and leave it up to the states to decide.

For all intents and purposes, weed could almost be considered legal already, in places like california. I have bros there and from what I gather if the cops catch you with tree, the worst they''ll usually do is make you dump it out. I've also heard that there is a law there that forbids the police from making campaigns to route out weed an arrest those who posess it, which I think is smart. They should be worried about murders going down in south central, not about a couple of college kids who have some plants in their pockets.

Not until I am very old. Medical purposes are definitely the path to legalization. If a majority of people get recommendations in the states that currently offer it then it will create enough pressure to allow other states to follow.

If you live in a state that allows medical recommendations then it is your obligation to try to obtain one.

simple fact: when you read the news articles about how USA is growing and selling BILLIONS of dollars of weed every year, and is possibly the country's #1 cash crop, that should tell you it WON'T be legalized ... if the government doesn't want it legal, and the growers/dealers don't want it legal (prices would fall thru the floor) ... it just ain't gonna happen ... as they say, "follow the money" ... I've been active in this 'legalize MJ' crowd for MANY years, (I'm old) and we are FARTHER from legalization, not closer ... :smokin:

yes, more americans smoke marijuana now than ever, more start, more find out that it isn't as intense/harmful as alcohol, despite what they've been told their entire lives. It's becoming less and less of a secret...younger people are someday going to be making the decisions, it wont be too much longer..

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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

In America? Never. :)

They are too fixated on trying to control everyone there, by that I mean giving drug tests when no needed and doing testing in some schools.

I think the people will end up losing control before it is legalized there.

Maybe when the dinosaur politicians die off, some younger ones from this generation will come through and changes might take place, but in the next 50 years or so, I just don't see it happening.

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ya thats pretty much my same view on it.