Legalized Marijuana

[Lemur]

Hope something comes of this:

An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial production of hemp and establish a hefty federal pot tax.

While passage this year could be a longshot, lawmakers from both parties have been quietly working on several bills, the first of which Democratic Reps. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and Jared Polis of Colorado plan to introduce Tuesday, Blumenauer told The Associated Press.

Polis’ measure would regulate marijuana the way the federal government handles alcohol: In states that legalize pot, growers would have to obtain a federal permit. Oversight of marijuana would be removed from the Drug Enforcement Administration and given to the newly renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana and Firearms, and it would remain illegal to bring marijuana from a state where it’s legal to one where it isn’t.

The bill is based on a legalization measure previously pushed by former Reps. Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Ron Paul of Texas.

[Fisherking]

They should just get out of the issue and leave it to the states. It was never something that required Federal involvement in the first place.

I see it as just another tax and a money grab.


You can not smoke industrial hemp. It needs no regulation, other than checking to see if it is a THC producing verity of the plant.

[Tellos Athenaios]

the newly renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana and Firearms

So there's hope after all, then. One day, we'll have an impossible to pronounce acronym containing pretty much all letters of the alphabet which expands to something something "-inator". And it'll be introduced with a lovable jingle.

[Idaho]

Why do you Americans insist on calling it marijuana? It's Mexican slang. Call it cannabis.

[drone]

the newly renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana and Firearms

So there's hope after all, then. One day, we'll have an impossible to pronounce acronym containing pretty much all letters of the alphabet which expands to something something "-inator". And it'll be introduced with a lovable jingle.

So, basically, the Bureau of Fun. I assume Explosives is still in the name as well?

Adding pot to the ATF's realm of responsibility would be a cruel joke, they can barely cope with what they have on their plate now. They are already despised by most, adding "harshing people's buzzes" to their purview might get them to 100%.

[HopAlongBunny]

So, basically, the Bureau of Fun. I assume Explosives is still in the name as well?.

Will that include "stress positions" and...and pictures!?