The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

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Posted: June 19, 2009 - 11:35am

By suggestion: Congressman Barney Frank has introduced a bill that, in essence, would prohibit the feds from interfering with states' laws on medical marijuana. Let's discuss.

(To read the bill, go here)

Comments

Oakland Taxes Pot!

On July 22nd, 2009 BobbaLee said:

Leave it to MaryE's home town to be the first city to tax pot. As a libertarian I am usually against taxes however the pot club owners were all in favor of it. So what the heck. I am just curious do they ever have specials sales? Or end of the year clearances?

And the road goes on forever....
BobbaLee

yeah, I have mixed feelings

On July 22nd, 2009 marye said:

I'm glad to live in such a pot-positive town, and on the other hand I voted against this because I think if the pot clubs pay this tax rate they should have the city aggressively protecting them from the feds. But hey, it was their idea, so eh.

Marye One of AG Holders

On July 23rd, 2009 BobbaLee said:

Marye
One of AG Holders announcements in March was no more Fed involvement in going after states where pot laws are relaxed.

And the road goes on forever....
BobbaLee

I'm far from Oakland

On July 23rd, 2009 gratefaldean said:

But if you're paying taxes, it legitimizes you as a business, which is just one further step toward where this whole issue needs to be.

Or at least a small business. We won't go into multi-national corp tax-dodging...

yeah

On July 23rd, 2009 marye said:

I understand the arguments, and I'm not unhappy with the result. While I'm pleased with AG Holder's remarks, I don't entirely trust them, as a good many Bush era prosecutions are going forward on his watch.

And, just for grins, while I was in for my physical the other week, I asked my doctor, a friend and a Deadhead, whether I was correct in my suspicion that Kaiser's view of medical marijuana was that they didn't want to hear about it. Yup, said he, their view is that it's against the law, period.

So my own doctor's hands are tied. There is of course a small industry in doctors who specialize in these referrals, but I am somewhat leery of that, since the ones they interview on TV look like parking lot casualties from the last tour. I mean, it is just not cool to be a doctor and look wasted on TV when you're trying to get people to take you seriously.

So yeah, I want Frank's law in place. My doctor thinks it'll never happen.

Until it is deemed 100% legal (by the feds)

On July 23rd, 2009 JackstrawfromCo... said:

There's always going to be little political glitches.

Wake up America: it's time to move past your ridiculous fears of marijuana!

"I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel. Can't win for tryin. Dust off those rusty strings just one more time. Gonna make em shine."

318,000 plants

On July 24th, 2009 unkle sam said:

on msn home page this am. 318,000 plants busted in raids in california by local, state and federal agencies. People have been advocating repeal of anti pot laws for decades, yes, decades. I personally think it is long overdue, but as long as there is $ in the proabition of pot, it will never be legal. And if thinking that taxing it is the way to legalization, I say "HA". All that will do is put it so out of reach cost wise for the everyday consumer, that only the rich will be smoking. Right now, 4,000.00$ per lb, add 50.00$ per oz tax, or 3.50$ a gram tax, or whatever the feds want to tax it at, and see how many potheads start growing their own. And if there was to be a tax, how would they tax your "personal grow" how would they know you were growing personal? Will they be raiding personal grows to get "back taxes"? I personally believe that legalization of cultivation for personal use is the only way to keep the taxman and the gov. out of your persuit of happiness. Can you imagine how many people would be growing and how much cheaper it could be? Cultivation for profit is not the answer, mr taxman. free the weed. Get out of my personal business and stop thinking about taxing me to get high.

i seem to remember reading

On July 24th, 2009 johnman said:

that the prohibition started with the gov. saying sales and distribution would require a tax stamp of some sort...and then ignoring or "losing" any applications that were submitted, producing no stamp, thereby quashing any hopes of legal use or sales.

It is so RIDICULOUS!!

On July 24th, 2009 JackstrawfromCo... said:

I could just see the cops and dea all high 5ing each other and dancing around their confiscated pile of ... hey wait a minute ... this is a pile of plants ... what are we doing .... were getting riled up over a uhhhh pile of plants .... we are spending millions of tax payer dollars, clogging up jails and court rooms, denying people insurance, jobs, respect etc all to eliminate a naturally growing plant made by God ... wow how fucking ridiculous is that??

"I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel. Can't win for tryin. Dust off those rusty strings just one more time. Gonna make em shine."

Ben Harper - Burn One Down

On August 7th, 2009 starsleeper said: