In 2018, Republicans accidentally legalized cannabis. Now 22 AGs want them to undo it
In 2018, Republicans accidentally legalized cannabis. Now 22 AGs want them to undo it
A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country …
A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country — including sometimes from vending machines or online.
A letter dated March 20 addresses the consequences of Republican lawmakers’ choice to legalize hemp production in the 2018 omnibus Farm Bill — a decision that perhaps inadvertently led to a multibillion-dollar market in intoxicating cannabis products that are arguably federally legal.
Now, the attorneys general want Congress to shutter the market it helped create. In the new Farm Bill, they want the legislature to enshrine in statute the idea that intoxicating cannabis is not federally legal — contrary to what the law currently states.
They don't want to raise taxes on the rich. Here's a massive way to raise taxes that won't affect the income of rich people unless they want to buy a shit ton of weed.
And yet they're still against it.
They pretend like a 100% tax free nation is a possibility.
When Kansas under Brownback, (with full control of the statehouse), went all-in on supply side and it was a objective failure that really shoulda been the end of the idea that R's had any savvy regarding improving the economy.
Magical thinkers do not respond well to concrete examples.
They pretend like a 100% tax free nation is a possibility.
Well sure there are, Haiti probably isn’t collecting any taxes right now, so they’ve got that going for them…
They pretend like a 100% tax free nation is a possibility.
They know this isn't possible. They want no income tax for the wealthy and increased taxes on goods and services, which will mostly affect the working masses.
It might compete with big pharma's profits, though.
I honestly think it's totally ideological for a lot of them. Drugs = bad and it doesn't go further than that.
These AGs are elected officials and they aren't getting elected for their brains, they're getting elected for their party affiliation.
As we have seen with lawyers like Alina Habba and Rudy Giuliani, it doesn't actually take a lot of intelligence to pass the bar exam.
Wow, imagine Republicans getting worked up about the wording of a law being twisted in ways it was never intended when it was first drafted. That’s wild.
The party of taking things away from others. That's the only way I can think of them anymore. For years now. It's their entire platform.
Except obscenely rich people and giant corporations!
I prefer to think of the moral right side of any issue: Republicans are almost always against it.
I get an ounce delivered to my mailbox on a monthly subscription and occasionally order extra when something goes on sale. I keep trying to share about legal weed on lemmy whenever the topic comes up, but i just get downvoted. I don't know if people think it can't be real or just want something to bitch about.
Possibly because I'm from a legal state and wasn't paying attention to it, but I'm not sure what you're talking about if you care to expound?
Republicunts did not read or maybe comprehend a bill they passed during the Trump years which accidentally legalized THC products derived from hemp or products that technically are hemp and not cannabis because the delta 9 THC concentration is low enough.
From my also limited understanding cannabis can be harvested early before the delta 9 thc crystals form... from the precursor THCa already present in the plant
THCa on its own is not psychoactive however it breaks down into normal THC when exposed to sunlight ... or heat when you smoke/vape it
So you can buy legal (for now) basically weed in the form of high thca flower online and have it shipped to your mailbox.
Im considering anonymously buying some online and having it shipped to my states AG office because fuck that dude needs to smoke some weed
They're probably tired of viral marketing teams pushing their shit
How do you get it delivered to your mailbox?
I just buy it online at 3tallpinesfarm.com or any other place that sells it online. They have a list of states they won't ship to based on those state's laws.
I think the loophole is going to stay in place. The hemp lobby has exploded since 2018, and has done a lot to keep the loopholes from closing in even very Red states. In the real world money is what talks, and I think there’s too much money at this point to put the genie back in the bottle.
But that’s my two cents. I could be wrong. Hope I’m not.
Besides that, the winds have changes with regards to weed as half the country has already legalized it while something like 38 states have some sort of MMJ. The genie isn't going back into the bottle and the sky hasn't fallen in the states that legalized.
Hilarious that their argument is that "these products are unregulated" when their solution is an outright ban which just shifts everything back to the unregulated black market. You know where these type of products are regulated? In states that have legal weed.
Depends. Ideological movements can push past distributed money using targeted money aimed at those it puts in power that don't care about the effects of their actions, even if usually only briefly. Like what led to prohibition of alcohol. If Trump gets into office and is given enough money by the ideologs, he'll be perfectly happy to destroy the whole system for personal profit. And he doesn't care if a whole section of the oligarchy falls apart, he just wants to be dictator for the rest of his life. And that's not all that many years anymore.
Even the worst Roman emperors knew not to fuck with what makes the crowd content. If those right wing motherfuckers think they can touch our bread and circuses without consequences, they will find out.
Here's the thing: this was a super irresponsible way to legalize. It encouraged the creation of an industry using dubious extraction and synthesis technologies that are not well studied for safety. We know the effects of delta 9 THC on humans, and it's relatively safe. Much of this new stuff are analogs of delta 9 that might be safe, but might not. You have to search out stuff that has accredited lab test results (which exist in California and some other legalized states). Rando stuff being sold at gas stations all over is sketch as hell.
The solution to that is to legalize delta 9 and bring it under a proper regulation framework for testing, not go backwards.
Started buying Farm Bill hemp products over COVID. I'm surprised really that it took them this long to start pushing to change it.
So many hemp products available these days. You can get hemp dog chews! My dog loves them! No, they don't get her high.
I guess these AGs don't want those businesses anymore.
I fully expected my state AG to have been one of the signatories on that (they've made a big stink about this in the past), but surprisingly they weren't.
Our legislature did outlaw D8 last year, but somehow it's still being sold (yay).
There are two companies in-state that rely on this law (Blue Ridge and Thrax). Blue Ridge is ran by veterans, and both would have been affected (read: shut down completely). I don't know the details, but I want to say they lobbied and I guess are allowed to continue?
My AG is a complete scumbag, but I guess shutting down a family / vereran-run business was too much bad press even for him. The tax revenue is probably just a bonus.
For real. I was pretty skeptical but I really can't tell the difference between the delta 9 THC edibles I buy (in a state without even medical) and the real thing.
If they reverse this, a shit load of tax dollars are going back to states with legal recreational cannabis.
Steal from the poor to give to the rich. They're focusing on it again because they're being told the money isn't going to the correct people.
Legalize all drugs you shitters
If someone wanted to purchase this legal weed, say, in South Carolina, is there a guide somewhere indicating what is legally available in that jurisdiction?
Asking for a friend...
I'm just guessing, but they might be referring to delta 8 thc products.
Just google thca weed.
You can buy Delta-8 THC and maybe Delta-10 THC. Your mileage may vary. I wasn't a huge fan but you can get a lot for a little.
I order mine online from a U.S. company called 3 Tall Pines that only sells to states where it's legal. You can check to see if they ship to your state.
Nowadays there's a company that sells products that will boost your mood
Wasn't expecting soo many legal states.
The attorneys general of Indiana, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Washington for any wondering.
Personally I'm of the opinion that they can't take it back now. It's too late.
They cannot undo or erase the harms it's caused. However they could regulate it...and that would be fair. No one under the ages of 18-21 should be able to buy or access this stuff ever; and the required packaging and regulations surrounding that should reflect it.
This should be no more heavily restricted than tobacco products; which already ARE restricted heavily through taxation, permitting, and ID checking at the Point of Purchase.
It would even be fine if you had to obtain these products from behind a dispensing counter; with no prescription needed...just an ID and a clue of the risks that these products carry. There is no need to amend the previous law, just make new ones.
Three words:
Roe versus Wade.
Personally I’m of the opinion that they can’t take it back now. It’s too late.
Hold their beer.
Is this a prohibition 1.0 joke?
They got to start bribing congress they want to keep around, just like everyone else.