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cannabis_flower

(3,863 posts) Sat Jul 2, 2016, 06:35 AM Jul 2016

Democratic Party platform didn't quite say "Legalize It" but came close [View all]

2 We believe that the states should be laboratories of democracy on the issue of marijuana, and
3 those states that want to decriminalize marijuana should be able to do so. We support policies
4 that will allow more research on marijuana, as well as reforming our laws to allow legal
5 marijuana businesses to exist without uncertainty. And we recognize our current marijuana laws
6 have had an unacceptable disparate impact, with arrest rates for marijuana possession among
7 African Americans far outstripping arrest rates among whites, despite similar usage rates.

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/dnc_platform.pdf

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Democratic Party platform didn't quite say "Legalize It" but came close [View all] cannabis_flower Jul 2016 OP

Awesome! I hope Terry McAuliffe agrees spud_demon Jul 2016 #1

Do you travel a lot, or live near Canada or greiner3 Jul 2016 #3

I live near DC spud_demon Jul 2016 #7

I'm glad this platform exists, but damn, how hard is it to actually LEAD on a Nay Jul 2016 #2

maybe it will be like beer greymattermom Jul 2016 #5

I'd like to see that, but homebrewing is more expensive than homegrowing spud_demon Jul 2016 #6

If you drive on I70 in Colorado greymattermom Jul 2016 #4