Monday August 10, 2020
In today's report
Hillary Clinton thinks weed users are "less than", Initiative to decriminalize drug use underway, and Louisiana sentenced a man to life in prison for less than a gram of a Cannabis
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Recently Maureen Dowd was trying to make a point about most politicians who are males not using female running mate‘s while Hillary Clinton really laid into a Maureen Dowd humiliating her and referencing instance of bullying upon Dowd where she was raped over the coals over her admission to eating a pot brownie in Washington DC after legalization and as a warning that folks who aren’t used to eating pot brownies should be cautious
Nobody gives her the benefit of the dowd
Maureen Dowd probably trying to make a point that the presidential candidates never seem to pick a female running mate became an object of the wrath of con artist Hillary Clinton
She should probably be careful though, you know the body count and all, the backstory on the clinton Diss is that Dowd, back in 2014 had a written a piece about being careful with the newly legalized edibles and shared an anecdotal account of her own experience, having over done it with a brownie
… Well “crooked “ (lol) Hillary called her out on it ....how could she not realize that Hillary ran with an alleged “Tim Kaine” one time ....I mean who is Tim Kaine? ....other than totally irrelevant.
Clinton took issue with a part of Maureen Dowd’s column that incorrectly claimed it has been 36 years since a man and a woman ran on the same national ticket, despite that fact that Clinton selected Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) as her running mate in 2016.
Marijuana Makes People Stupid, Hillary Clinton Implies In Dig At New York Times Columnist
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“In Colorado they have more accidents,” the president said of the first state to legalize cannabis for adult use. “It does cause an IQ problem.”
“Trump’s remarks simply reveal that he is out of touch, given that the majority of Americans support marijuana legalization for both medical and adult use,” Sheila Vakharia of the Drug Policy Alliance said. “This type of rhetoric is fear-mongering and inflammatory.”
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Federal Drug Decriminalization Model Unveiled By Top Reform Group
A leading drug policy reform group recently unveiled a framework to federally decriminalize all illicit drugs that they hope will be embraced by Congress.
The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) said ending the drug war will help address racial disparities in the criminal justice system and promote public health. The proposal is being rolled out ahead of the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act, the legislative basis of today’s federal drug criminalization.
Full bill text of the proposed “Drug Policy Reform Act” isn’t available yet, but according to a summary, it will contain provisions to end strict sentencing constructs such as mandatory minimums for drug conspiracy offenses, provide for expungements and end collateral consequences for drug convictions like the denial of public benefits and educational loans. It would also defund federal drug agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Queen Adesuyi, policy manager at DPA’s Office of National Affairs, told Marijuana Moment.
“However, tides are shifting and this transformational political moment calls for this roadmap we have provided legislators to begin repairing the extensive devastation the failed drug war has created beyond marijuana and beyond talking points,” she said. “There are congressional offices and allies who are, in fact, ready to see the end of criminalizing people for drug use actualized; we’re looking forward to working with them to lay the groundwork for this much needed reform in Congress.”
Removing criminal penalties for drugs is a first step in repairing the harms of the drug war,” Theshia Naidoo, managing director of criminal justice law and policy at DPA, said in a press release.
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Drug Policy Alliance Proposes Federal All-Drug Decriminalization, Releases New Legislative Framework
the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) released a new federal legislative proposal Dismantling the Federal Drug War: A Comprehensive Drug Decriminalization Framework, which provides a roadmap to effectively end the criminalization of people who use drugs and begin repairing the harm drug law enforcement has caused to communities of color.
https://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2020/08/DrugPolicyReformAct
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https://www.marijuanamoment.net/federal-drug-decriminalization-model-unveiled-by-top-reform-group/
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Military Vet Sentenced to Life for $30 Cannabis Sale to Be Set Free
Derek Harris, a military veteran who was arrested in Louisiana in 2008 for selling an undercover officer .69 grams of cannabis – worth $30 – was recently resentenced to time served and will be released from prison, CNN reports. He was originally sentenced to life and has already served nine years.
Weimer added that Harris was “not a drug kingpin” and didn’t appear to be a full-time drug dealer. During the 2012 resentencing, 15th Judicial District Judge Durwood Conque said his hands were tied by the habitual offender law when he imposed the life term.
"His prior offenses were nonviolent and related to his untreated dependency on drugs," Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John Weimer wrote in his opinion.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/us/man-freed-life-sentence-marijuana-trnd/index.html
https://www.ganjapreneur.com/military-vet-sentenced-to-life-for-30-cannabis-sale-to-be-set-free/