Tullyswimmer t1_ixdol2d wrote
Reply to comment by mjs710 in Bipartisan coalition advancing legislation to legalize recreational cannabis in NH - hopes of ending the Granite State’s status as an island of recreational cannabis prohibition by AMC4x4
Every effort before this has involved state-run distribution and sale, which is why it's failed - It's unknown what the federal government would do to, say, highway funding, if the state was selling a substance that's federally illegal.
I really like the way this legislation is drafted, and it's probably the best shot we've had to pass it in a while.
Hell, just make it legal to grow and use your own, but not sell it, kind of like Maine did at first.
agent_tits t1_ixe68vt wrote
It’s wildly out of reality for most sane state governments, but now I’m imagining a slightly different moderate GOP governor who does pass the bill enshrining state control - and essentially traps the Biden admin into either legalizing via executive order (assuming no passage in Senate), taking no action and sorta de facto legalizing, or laying his 80yo cards on the table and taking punitive action
Tullyswimmer t1_ixe9fyp wrote
> or laying his 80yo cards on the table and taking punitive action
I mean, not unique to Biden, but this is exactly what the feds would do. They'd punish first, and then let it go to SCOTUS, even though this sort of thing should be solidly within a states' rights issue. Whether the short term punishments would be worth it or not... That's the tougher question.
The feds don't like being forced to do anything.
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