Curious what's folks thoughts on the potential change to how the federal government views pot.

Im fine with it be decriminalized at the fed level even though I dont partake.

Should be legal. Why have a law if its not enforced

It's De facto legal in most states now, so why not?....it's not like anyone that wants it couldn't get it..for years now.

I see it as midterms talk, big pharma will never allow it

it would depend on the details of it , the devil is always in the details.

I see keeping users in prison wasting my tax dollars

now the distributors of large amounts of it , they shouldn't get a pass as dealing tends to at minimum be fax fraud and generally is a lot worse than that.

my thinking is if you aren't going to enforce a law it needs to come off the books.

and they just have not been enforcing it from what I have seen.

with Delta 9 being legal in WI because the WI law written a long time ago calls out THC form the plant not artificial.

I do wish the Wisconsin crime lab would test for it , they will not test THC if they have any blood alcohol they see it as one OWI is the same as the other , I think it should be at least tested for so we can get a better understanding of how many accidents it is causing.

I'd be curious in the states that have legalize it if it's been a good thing for society or a negative

I agree.



Same concern. From the very little time I've spent in places where it is legal, I'd say its hasn't been a positive as a whole.

It should not have ever been illegal.

It is a plant. And, the government has no business telling people what they can and cannot do with their bodies.

Freedom, people. Freedom. It is a good thing.

It's been legal here in NY for a few years, other than I think I'm smelling skunk twice a day...and we don't have any, I haven't noticed anything too negative, other than the smoke shops at the rez is making a fortune...

Driving under the influence would seem to be the main issue, but the cops don't have an ez test for that...but I read that may be in the works.

That's a tough issue with THC. For example , a guy could partake on a Sunday but be involved in an accident on Monday. A blood draw would show in his system , but not the level of impairment ; which should be negligible . But the concentration would still read high . I don't know what the fix is for that.

Sounds like Trump's seeing the Libertarian light. Good for him.

This has always been my concern. Whether you drink or smoke....stay from behind the wheel.

I've never used marijuana. I believe around half of Americans have used marijuana. I don't feel strongly either way about legalization. I suspect marijuana will be legalized.

I think marijuana has some positive uses, but mostly makes people lazy, less motivated and less productive, but that's mostly their problem, not anyone else's.

Keith

To much money is made by D.A.s enoforceing small possession infractions of marijuana of a little or over 1 ounce at 100 to 500 dallors a pop. Even if not convicted most people just pay the fines instead of paying 300 per hour for a attorney.
Do that a few hundred times per county and that is a good chunk of revenue
Yet the dealers dont seem to get busted as much.....
The dealers and the law profit on it

I know you can't go to a city it is legal without smelling it every where.
Chicago is my primary experience with that , wife said it was bad in NYC when they visited in 2023

MKE is almost as bad in places and it isn't legal , just not enforced by MPD

...It sure does stink.

It would be ironic and a little funny if the Republicans did this considering it has been something the left-wingers have talked about for a long, long time.

Unfortunately with welfare in this country it's not mostly their problem.

Attach a law to the legalization of marijuana that drug and alcohol testing is mandatory for everyone on welfare and if u fail no welfare. If you need financial help from government u shouldn't be spending money on drugs and alcohol. I'd be for it then.

Excellent idea. Or just skip a step and eliminate welfare.

Either way, a non-deadbeat's freedom should not be restricted by the acts of the deadbeats.