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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:23 PM Apr 2021

Schumer: "Today is what you might call a very unofficial American holiday: 4/20"

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Burgess Everett
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Apr 20, 2021
Schumer: "Today is what you might call a very unofficial American holiday: 4/20"

Burgess Everett
@burgessev
"My thinking on this issue has evolved," Schumer explains about his view that federal prohibition needs to be scrapped. "The American people are sending a clear message they want this policy changed"

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Schumer: "Today is what you might call a very unofficial American holiday: 4/20" (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP

I know I'm celebrating! JuJuChen Apr 2021 #1

I'm right behind you utopian Apr 2021 #2

420 wake and bake watching it snow in OK Runningdawg Apr 2021 #3

Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. Legalizing cannabis transforms a money pool controlled ZonkerHarris Apr 2021 #4

Biden will be the last anti-legalization Democratic President MatthewG. Apr 2021 #5

I Think It's Probably a Smart Political Calculation Beetwasher. Apr 2021 #7

4/20 is Hitler's birthday. Sogo Apr 2021 #6

I really appreciate how Schumer uses every opportunity to promote ending cannabis prohibition. ShazamIam Apr 2021 #8

Shit, I got 2 hours to wait. BlueJac Apr 2021 #9

Curious about legalization in various states. efhmc Apr 2021 #10

Hitler's birthday The Wizard Apr 2021 #11

the dispensary has a Taco Tuesday and sale/raffle event going on today! FirstLight Apr 2021 #12

JuJuChen

(2,216 posts)

1. I know I'm celebrating!

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:25 PM

Apr 2021

utopian

(1,093 posts)

2. I'm right behind you

Reply to JuJuChen (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:32 PM

Apr 2021

As soon as I get off work, I'll be paying ritual obeisance to the Weed Fairy.

Runningdawg

(4,522 posts)

3. 420 wake and bake watching it snow in OK

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:38 PM

Apr 2021

ZonkerHarris

(24,259 posts)

4. Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. Legalizing cannabis transforms a money pool controlled

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:38 PM

Apr 2021

by cartels into a stream of jobs, taxes, and revenue that benefit all citizens.

MatthewG.

(362 posts)

5. Biden will be the last anti-legalization Democratic President

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:39 PM

Apr 2021

I love Joe Biden, but on the one issue of cannabis legalization he’s a bit behind the moment.

He will be the last Democratic President not to support full cannabis legalization. The Party, and the country, have collectively decided on this issue as decisively as we ever do on anything.

Beetwasher.

(2,984 posts)

7. I Think It's Probably a Smart Political Calculation

Reply to MatthewG. (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 01:46 PM

Apr 2021

It allows him to burnish his conservative bonafides with very little to no loss, since he knows it's moving forward without him anyway. Of course, he may truly believe it, but I think it's a bit of a political play to the center and the older, more conservative electorate.