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I'm an old now, but this thread is for the youngs. Gather round ... let me tell you a story. I went to college in 1985, in Florida, at an average academic institution populated primarily be very, very well off NE kids. And a few venezuelans and very, very attractive chileans.
In 1985, in america, at colleges in Florida populated by rich white kids and south american super models, there were A LOT of drugs.
Most drugs weren't the kind that kill: Low grade weed; coke cut with aspirin, some psychedelics... that sort of thing. The period, however, also marked the rise of crack and serious gang warfare, making everything less fun and causing A LOT of murder, misery and death.
Along with the drugs (which to me is a pretty minor issue) there was a huge rise in violent crime and murder. This was mostly Black americans and POC dying in the streets, and it was a real worry for citizens and lawmakers alike during the period.
Biden and Clinton caught shit for the heavy handed 1994 Crime bill they supported during this time. There is some validity to this critique, but there were also good reasons to seriously address the violent crime which was disproportionately hitting POC https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration
ALL OF THAT WAS PREFACE FOR THIS - HOLY SHIT OLD WHITE DEMOCRATS HAVE COME A LONG WAY. A THREAD UP AND DOWN.
So very old white dude Jerry Nadler was the LEAD SPONSOR of the Free The Weed bill (or as he called it "MORE Act of 2019) introduced to Congress July 23, 2019. The full text of that bill is right here https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr3884/text
J. Nadler's Free The Weed Bill has 120 Democratic Co-Sponsors including
And a broad cross section of not older white Dems, like
THIS BILL CAN PASS EXCPEPT FOR MITCH MCCONNELL. It "decriminalizes marijuana.
... it removes marijuana from...scheduled substances under...Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana.
... it removes marijuana from...scheduled substances under...Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana.
It also puts a tax on weed - 5% - to be paid into a trust fund to help "support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs", allows banking and loans for weed business, AND
prohibits the denial of benefits or immigration sanction over weed or weed convictions and establishes a process to expunge convictions. So, youngs, this EVERYTHING YOU WANT sponsored by Jerry "HighTimes" Nadler, Democrat, NY. CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT GA DEMS FOR SENATE
If you dig this kind of thing, please follow. If you dig music with your weed, please follow my music page https://www.youtube.com/user/DirkSchwenkMusic. If you are my mom, I've been trying to tell you for 30 years so don't act so surprised.
