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I mean, this won Trudeau 3 elections, so I'd say it's a worth it campaigning point.
Best way to get the young male vote to be honest. Isn't this part of what made Ron Paul popular?
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In before it gets legalized federally and then some republican states start spouting states rights and continue to arrest people that are following the law.
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Been waiting a long time for this.
I love how it's a bit of a stretch to back legalising a substance which has become legal in a fair number of states without any issue (that I'm aware of).
How many elections before a candidate is praised for saying something like, "I, unlike the others, am prepared to accept that the populace generally believes that vegetables are part of a healthy diet?", because we live in a world where the vast majority of candidates are just saying any old stupid shit that is viral on social media.
Those states still have dispensaries and grow operations raided all the time, putting people who work at them at risk. There's also the fact that people like me, who need it for medical use, are breaking both state and federal law by going from Indiana to Illinois to buy it. It could potentially put me in federal prison (probably not, but that is the way things stand legally).
The only way I can explain such stupidity is by assuming malice, e.g.: "We must put endless fear into the poor people. Our decisions are moral, theirs are not."
And because of that possibility for malice, it needs to be federally legal.
Cops should not be given tools of oppression.
I fear that cops ARE tools of oppression.
So you don't give them ways to make it worse for people.
If there was a law allowing cops to drone bomb places where they decided criminal activity was occurring, I would assume you would want that law gone.
I think 40 states have medical and 25 have recreational. It's insane that it's even a question about federal legalization at this point.
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boy if i had rights and benefits for every right and benefit Joe Biden "said he backed"
Boy, if you had basic civics knowledge as to how a president in the executive branch cannot pass laws himself but requires the legislative branch (Congress) to pass said laws that he would back.
Actually the power of executive orders are very broad, and as of 2024, are beyond any limits of law. Official acts of a sitting president cannot be criminalized. He can absolutely order the FDA to immediately remove Marijuana from schedule 1 status, but he won't. What carrot would Harris have to dangle in front of us at that point?
For context, yes, I'm a dem, and yes, I'm voting for Harris, but fuck me I'm tired of such transparent posturing.
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I will be sad if this means weed is corporatized though
Do you think buying it from a street dealer isn't corporatized? Cartels are basically just black market multinationals at this point. If anything, legalization would make it less corporate since you could grow it in your backyard.
It will seem more corporate once it's legal, but that's just because the business is being conducted in daylight.
Source: Canadian who grows a plant or 2 each summer
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It's a plant that grows in the ground, it'll get about as corporatized as tomatoes. Meaning people will try, but they can't really stop you from growing legal plants in your garden.
It's really easy to grow great weed in your closet, if you're not worried about getting busted it gets even easier and cheaper not having to go as hardcore on smell and security
Got a cheap LED board: 75
Got 4 bottles of nutrients that last me ~4 harvests: 75
Fabric pots: 15
Coco Coir (reusable and lasts a long ass time), enough for 20 pots: 30
Seeds: depends on your guy
So long as you water and react properly to any nutrient issues you encounter you'll get something better than a dispensary will sell you 9/10, and if you were to sell your plants proceeds for bottom-shelf prices you'd still make your money back with profit
I FIM train and use a basic water/nutrient schedule and a timer to control my lights, get almost an oz a plant of absolute quality green damn near every time. I must emphasize, too: I'm a fucking idiot who barely knows what he's doing, my brother is insane and gets RESULTS
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Tobacco Industry: "Am I a joke to you?"
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Good it needs to be done.
Biden went somewhere on this?
I just want Hemp producers to not have to jump through all the legal redtape.. We need to make this an important crop again for the good of the planet.
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