Flying SquidElton John Says Legalizing Marijuana in America and Canada Is “One of the Greatest Mistakes of All Time”
ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedWait, weed is legal in the US? When was that a thing?
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Wait, weed is legal in the US? When was that a thing?
Since 1996 in California.
Federal agents can still arrest you, even for personal use. Its just that US Presidents have decided to tell federal agencies to not enforce it. We don’t know what the 2nd trump administration would do, they seems to love this idea of “tough on crime” so they could decide to enforce controlled substances more strictly, even non-violent personal uses.
Who is getting busted by federal agents for a half oz or a vape? It is legal in the states that have legalized it. Of course I’d rather it be made legal federally and I hate the states’ rights kind of issue it is but to act like it is functionally illegal across the US is silly.
Its de facto legal, but only because there aren’t enough federal agents to enforce it, but de jure illegal, because the law is still on the books, marijuana is still a Schedule I Controlled Substance.
Also, its only if you are a citizen, that you can just smoke weed, the risk is low for any legal reprocussions. But for non-citizens, that little weed can get you deported. Its silly, but its true.
They’ve set up a situation where they can basically choose when and to whom, the law will apply to. This is exactly what Republicans want. This will be a defining feature of the upcoming Trump regime.