Democratic platform calls for ‘pathway to marijuana legalization’
The Democratic Party platform has thrown away its moderate marijuana language for a more progressive approach.
Click here for reuse options!Meeting in Orlando Saturday ahead of the Democratic National Convention later this month, the party’s platform drafting committee dropped a moderate marijuana plank it had adopted only days earlier and replaced it with language calling for rescheduling pot and creating “a reasoned pathway to future legalization.”
Bernie Sanders supporters had pushed earlier for firm legalization language, but had been turned back last week and didn’t have any new language going into this weekend’s platform committee meeting. But on Saturday afternoon, the committee addressed an amendment that would have removed marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, as Sanders supporters had earlier sought in vain, with Tennessee Sanders delegate David King arguing that pot was put in the same schedule as heroin during a political “craze” to go after “hippies and blacks.”
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Suzanne McFly July 10th, 2016 at 13:15
Hmmm, and here it is only 2016 and we already are ready to reschedule this plant? I hope we aren’t getting ahead of ourselves…………………./s in case you can’t see the eye rolls in this message.
amersham1046 July 10th, 2016 at 19:02
Would rather confront somebody high on 2 joints or with a belly full of beer with an AR15
Suzanne McFly July 10th, 2016 at 19:42
Right, all you have to do is drive the stoner to Taco Bell and be done with him. Problem solved.
amersham1046 July 10th, 2016 at 19:56
or 7-11 and 5 bags of Dorito’s
Suzanne McFly July 10th, 2016 at 20:28
Yummmm Dorito’s…………..(drooling like Homer) LMAO.
robert July 10th, 2016 at 14:12
I would rather see the $15 hr with the EIC tax bill passed first. These 2 are needed the most We can work on the rest later
Mike July 10th, 2016 at 16:41
We can do both and more…if our elected officials worked for us instead of corporations.
Free college
$15 min wage
Expansion of Medicare
Reschedule pot
Thanks Bernie…..!!!
robert July 11th, 2016 at 02:08
With Hillary in charge it’s going to be few or none . I don’t see her going into legislation bill passing battle on Bernie’s 7 talking points I’m just hoping she’s aware that the above ∆ are most important
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 09:07
Hillary will follow wherever we lead her – if we make it uncomfortable for her to do otherwise. Marriage equality being the best example.
She was against it for as long as she could be, but once D voters made it clear that it wasn’t optional to be pro-marriage equality, she got in line. We need to make it clear to her that 15/hr, cannabis re-legalization, ending capital punishment, etc… aren’t optional positions either.
robert July 11th, 2016 at 09:14
It’s not really what the Dems present to her,its how the gop see her credibility now that they have their FBI report card. Make no mistake about it Anything that goes up for legislation with Hillary’s name on it will be highly debatable and scrutinized to the hilt
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 09:35
It has little to do with who the D is making a proposal, Rs won’t work with Ds, period. Do you really think they would work any differently with a (insert scary sound effect) Socialist? They haven’t exactly played nice with Obama.
The Rs will always find a reason to obstruct the Ds, whether it is because of an FBI inquiry, socialism, or because the other guy is black, or whatever.
robert July 11th, 2016 at 10:33
I wonder If those D’s and Rs you speak of are all in favor of our wonderful national ” tax ” program we now have in place ? To single out Bernie as a lone socialist makes me laugh while calling all of them hypocrites
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 09:02
Folks getting stuck in cages and their futures ruined over cannabis is more important, IMO. If folks can’t even get a job because of their record, whether the job they can’t get pays 8 bucks an hour or 15 bucks an hour is of little import. (though of course we should do both, as Mike states)
robert July 11th, 2016 at 09:18
Not trying to mock your answer but there is a percentage out here who know why they didn’t get the job probably before they applied. As for the rest? Yea I’m aware we live in a world that doesn’t play by the rules
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 09:32
I’m not sure I understood your reply – but every job I’ve ever applied for has a question about whether I’ve been convicted of a crime. Which stack of resumes do you think the folks who check ‘Why yes, I’ve been convicted of a crime’ – the call back stack, or the don’t call back stack?
I can guarantee you President Obama would not be called ‘President’ Obama if he had been convicted for even a tiny percentage of the drug crimes he has confessed to. He’d probably be one of the folks who would be helped by an increase in the minimum wage though.
robert July 11th, 2016 at 10:22
It greatly depends on the level of security of the job and if there are inaccuracies? I wouldn’t leave it on my record,there are rules against that as well as consequences for people who report derogatory info
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 10:33
If it’s a job with even the tiniest bit of competition, the ‘Yes, I’ve been convicted of a crime’ resumes don’t get a call.
As for ‘leaving it on my record’ – I’m not sure what you mean, but lying on a job application is reason for termination almost everywhere if that’s what you meant, and/or many criminal convictions are not expungeable if that’s what you meant.
robert July 11th, 2016 at 14:05
Well that’s like saying I was at the wheel of my car but it ran the red light on its own. Of course not all are expungeable,there are some on records that are true convictions and that’s why companies shy away from hiring when the risk is there Some can’t hire at all because their liability insurance would drop them in a NY minute if they found out. I’m sorry if this isn’t what you want to hear but I’m speaking from experience who dealt with this on a weekly basis
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 14:37
Huh? I’m not sure we are having the same conversation.
I think it’s important that cannabis be legalized because good folks are losing their futures over something most of us don’t think good folks should lose their future over.
I’m not saying that all crimes should be expungeable (as I stated in my response, I wasn’t sure but I thought you might be saying that folks could just expunge their record & I was just pointing out that wasn’t possible in many cases).
Frankly, I don’t really know why any crimes are expungeable, I would prefer us to criminalize less behavior, not hide criminal behavior.
robert July 11th, 2016 at 19:27
Legal pot will be a state to state battle Medical pot has a much better chance because of the drug testing regs that are already in place
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 19:45
A reasoned pathway to legalization absolutely includes the states, I agree. But many states have used federal law as an excuse/reason for not legalizing or even offering medical options. As for national Medical, that’s a single ruling from the DEA. That should just be a given.
robert July 11th, 2016 at 20:00
Most if not all employers would be calling their congressman and senators to block any bills to make pot legal if they haven’t already I’ve been at some corporations that haven’t got over Obamacare yet and this would drive them biblically nuts since most don’t even allow cigarettes on the property. I personally don’t have issues with legal pot, I’ve been around the block enough to say the gop would go bananas but will be fun to watch
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 20:07
Employers are absolutely entitled to representation, but I doubt seriously if it would be anywhere near ‘all employers’, I doubt it would be most employers – but either way, employers are not the majority of Americans. It’s already successfully happening, or the Democrats would never have allowed it on their platform in the first place.
StoneyCurtisll July 10th, 2016 at 16:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5y0HAzg3w
Afroman, Because I got high…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw
bpollen July 11th, 2016 at 04:31
Loved that album.
bpollen July 11th, 2016 at 04:35
Is it more like a walk to the corner store type path, or a “follow the Yellow Brick Road” type path? Because it does matter… here’s a few stats (admittedly from a “pro” source.)
http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-war-statistics
Um Cara July 11th, 2016 at 08:58
More and more evidence of why it has been so critical to our freedom that Bernie not just roll over for Hillary. Good job, Bernie. We libs thank you for standing up to the conservatives in the Democratic party in order to get true practical movement to the left.
Who knows, with Bernie’s influence, the liberal wing of the Democratic party might still squeak in a few more wins prior to handing the reigns over to the conservatives at the convention. (Which still needs to happen, the conservatives won, Bernie needs to keep fighting for now – but he does eventually need to endorse Clinton, as she and the Party in general have shown a willingness to adopt some of his ideas).