Although Coram failed at the farming end of it, he helped to clear up legal barriers to producing hemp. I suspect Betsy Ross and George Washington would be proud.
Colorado Congressmen strenuously object to AG Sessions rescinding Obama-era federal prosecution guidance on state-legal marijuana.
Again, don’t make the rookie mistake of assuming that “marijuana-related” incidents are related to marijuana.
As Childears observed, “an act of Congress is the only way to solve this problem.”
As Childears observed, “an act of Congress is the only way to solve this problem.”
It’s ironic that one of the few “states’ rights” battles won in recent times was Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana in the teeth of federal laws to the contrary. Pot really isn’t legal in Colorado, of course. The federal government still bans the stuff. And in Gonzales v. Raich (2005), the Supreme Court held that the federal ban is valid and the supreme law of the land. Last I looked, Colorado was still part of “the land.”
If the Denver City Council holds the power to ban people from smoking marijuana on their private property because some people disapprove of that lifestyle, what will prevent the them from banning people from smoking cigarettes or cigars, drinking alcohol, engaging in kissing, or even holding hands if enough people disapprove of their lifestyle?
If the Denver City Council holds the power to ban people from smoking marijuana on their private property because some people disapprove of that lifestyle, what will prevent the them from banning people from smoking cigarettes or cigars, drinking alcohol, engaging in kissing, or even holding hands if enough people disapprove of their lifestyle?
The latest version of Denver’s rules for marijuana consumption eliminates the widely derided “smell test,” which would have made pot smoking illegal when other people can smell it, even if you do it on your own property.
Not only are pot taxes likely to be sky high, various sorts of restrictions on pot shops may well make it easier to buy, sell, and use black-market marijuana rather than the legal variety.
From a consumer’s perspective, something has gone terribly wrong if legal marijuana prices do not end up being substantially lower than black-market prices.
Since Denver is Colorado’s largest city and home to most of its MMCs, the cannabis cartel it is establishing will have a big impact on the industry, especially since other municipalities are apt to copy Denver’s approach.
