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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by phnofive on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:01PM (#27885501)
The US has no federal laws AFAIK regarding use, only possession, which itself was reduced to a misdemeanor ages ago. Hopefully, the Congress will take a leaf out of the Alaskan legislature's book and simply stay out of its citizens' homes.
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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by t-writescode on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:04PM (#27885526)
No. Hopefully Congress will roll back its decision and make it fully legal.

That way:

  * it's legal to grow
  * legal to sell
  * legal to sell across state borders
  * possible to get a bank account used in its financial transaction
  * we can start to undo the damages to 10s of millions who have experienced by
    either themselves, or their loved ones, being thrown into the prison system.
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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by throwaway6734 on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:37PM (#27885880)
Marijuana use essentially bars a person from working in the federal government or do any associated contractors
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