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Steve James wrote:It's not Obama that stops marijuana legislation; it's hypocrisy.

Steve James wrote:I don't know about schedules, but pot has been illegal since the 1920s at least. It's not worth looking up because blaming Obama is just ridiculous. Any president in the last 100 years "could" have done something. And if Obama did it, the same people would condemn him. That's been the pattern.

Trump Administration Promises To Increase Marijuana Arrests To Grow Private Prison Industry

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shawnsegler wrote:

Steve James wrote:I don't know about schedules, but pot has been illegal since the 1920s at least. It's not worth looking up because blaming Obama is just ridiculous. Any president in the last 100 years "could" have done something. And if Obama did it, the same people would condemn him. That's been the pattern.

Yeah, It's pretty well documented that the reason that cannabis was made illegal was as a tool to impact the racial groups that used them so that they could be litigated against and in some cases deported. In the case of cannabis to target Hispanics and Blacks and in the case of opium to target the Chinese. You can't outlaw racial groups, but you can outlaw their cultural intoxicants and then have an excuse to deport people who break those laws.



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The possession, consumption, manufacturing, import, export, or trafficking of these and other controlled drugs in any amount are illegal. Persons caught with less than the Mandatory Death Penalty amounts of these controlled substances face penalties ranging from caning[9] (up to 24 strokes) to life in prison. Pursuant to a law change in 2009, cannabis (marijuana) and marijuana mixtures (diluted with other substances) are treated the same under Singapore law—the presumed intent is trafficking.

Class A – Part I

The Singapore embarkation card contains a warning to visitors about the death penalty for drug trafficking. Warning signs can be found at the Johor-Singapore Causeway and other border entries. Singapore Airlines and Jetstar Asia Airways also announces similar warnings to air passengers during flights to the country.
Some examples include:
Amphetamine
Buprenorphine
Cannabinol (and derivatives)
Cannabis
Cocaine (in all forms, including coca leaf)

Obama could de-schedule it with a stroke of his very well-used pen.

The Bureau of Prisons first turned to privately operated prisons in 1997 to help alleviate overcrowding. The partnership grew steadily, focusing primarily on low-security inmates designated as "criminal aliens" — non-citizens who've committed a crime — with less than eight years left on their sentences. In fiscal year 2014, the contracts were worth about $639 million, up from $562 million in fiscal year 2011.

Private prisons mostly benefit two publicly traded companies

Those companies are CoreCivic (which until recently was known as Corrections Corporation of America), and The Geo Group. The two companies, both generous contributors to President Trump, run the majority of the BOP's contracted prisons, as well as dozens of other facilities used to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The companies' fortunes climb and fall with federal criminal justice policies. Their stocks plunged after Obama's deputy attorney general issued the phase-out memo on Aug. 18, and shot up after Donald Trump, who'd called for more private prisons, won election on Nov. 8. Since then, companies' share prices have been steadily rising — and they enjoyed a bump from Sessions' memo.

I don't see why owning a weapon is more of a right than smoking a plant.

There was a debate about what the word 'happiness' meant in 1776. Current usage focuses on pleasant, positive emotions and having needs satisfied,[7][8] whereas in 1776 the common meaning may have been "prosperity, thriving, wellbeing"

Just a guess, maybe because the framers of the constitution felt that by smoking a plant or drinking one could not form "“A well regulated Militia..."

Marijuana Legalization in U.S. Cuts Mexican Pot Profits by 70 Percent

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Poll: Majority of Republicans support marijuana legalization

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/ ... index.html