Legalize
Recreational
Marijuana in
North Carolina!
DIVIDE ET IMPERA…
Our government and its institutions have waged a war against the many citizens of the country in an effort to minimize or completely eliminate dissenting voices and oppress large groups of our citizenry. These efforts to silence the people have often become violent through their enforcement, they have destroyed the lives of many, they have deprived many of generational wealth and they have created a mindset prevalent throughout the country that has worked to divide.
THE TIME HAS COME TO END THIS THREAT TO FREEDOM THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE WEAPONS WORKING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY.
“Recreational marijuana is legal in 19 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam”
House Passes Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana
Contact our state’s US Senators to voice your support!
✨✨✨✨✨Colorado releases report on impacts of marijuana legalization✨✨✨✨
The number of marijuana users among Colorado residents and visitors continues to grow. Marijuana sales in the state summited the $2 billion mark for the first time last year, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue, a more than 220% increase from the near $684 million in sales in 2014…
Legalization has obviously had dramatic impacts on arrests related to marijuana. As expected, the total number of marijuana-related arrests dropped 68% between 2012 and 2019, from 12,225 to just 4,290…
According to data collected by the Colorado State Patrol, which the study uses as the benchmark agency for issues related to impaired driving, the total number of reported DUIs fell 16% between 2014 and 2020, from 5,705 to 4,805…
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) Jan 12, 2022
“You want to know what this was really all about. The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying. We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
– John Ehrlichman, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon
Let’s finally RE-legalize a plant that has the potential to be leveraged against you by corrupt government officials as a justification to harass or ruin someone’s life. Legalization would eliminate numerous dangerous characteristics of the illegal market, provide consumer protections and allow Americans to run legal businesses that are currently in a questionably legal market. Legalization would dramatically, immediately reduce “crime” from occurring throughout the state with the final signature from the governor. That’s a nonpartisan ‘law and order’ plan that the American people should be pushing during the next election campaign.
NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!
Nearly 70% support legalizing marijuana
The overwhelming majority of Americans live in states where marijuana’s legal in some form
Today—I’m proud to stand with @RonWyden & @SenBooker to release our Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act that ends the federal prohibition. pic.twitter.com/gjgbRffwL2
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 14, 2021
Let Freedom Ring! 
The reform initiative below should be the one requirement for the General Assembly pass any Marijuana legislation. A medical market can exist alongside the recreational market, but a ‘free’ market that isn’t overburdened with taxes for recreational use is the key to obtaining many of the touted benefits of legalization.
You can easily find the devil in these details…
North Carolina Laws:
Decriminalized?????? 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲
Do the charges and penalties below look like possession is no longer a criminal act? Don’t be fooled by insincere gestures of those in powerful positions of government trying to buy your votes with meaningless terminology changes. Decriminalization does not provide anywhere near the freedom from government intervention in your life that full legalization would.
Did You Notice?
North Carolina state senator calls to end federal weed prohibition
What’s about to become a cash crop in Virginia can still get you prison time in North Carolina.
Folks, it’s time to end the prohibition of marijuana.
Here’s why: pic.twitter.com/T9o91koExv
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) June 10, 2021
***********Medical Marijuana bill could be back on track in N.C. legislature next year***********
Medical Marijuana is NOT the only and doesn’t achieve the liberty needed for Marijuana law reform in North Carolina to be successful and eliminate the black market.
With a medical Marijuana card, answering the question below on the ATF Form 4473 dishonestly could bring you criminal charges. Answering it honestly would lose your right to possess firearms. 1968 was a tumultuous time in American history and the US government felt that there should be a government form to grant or deny citizens the ability to possess a firearm.
North Carolina Updates:
Senate Bill 646 —— DEAD
House Bill 617 —— DEAD
House Bill 576 —— DEAD
Look across our state border to the north and you will find the first state in the ‘south’ to legalize recreational Marijuana…
“Virginia is about to legalize marijuana. If NC doesn’t act fast, it’ll lose out.”
Cannabis.Virginia.gov
The legalization of cannabis creates an opportunity for Virginia to implement criminal justice reforms, to promote diverse participation in the cannabis industry, and to reinvest in communities that have been disproportionally affected by marijuana prohibition.
Cannabis in Virginia – General Information
The law will promote diverse participation in the industry by creating a Business Equity & Diversity Support Team at the Cannabis Control Authority, which will provide technical assistance to qualified applicants, do outreach to areas disproportionally impacted by marijuana prohibition, and analyze potential barriers to entry for small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Additionally, the law will create a loan program to provide loans to qualified social equity cannabis licensees for the purpose of promoting business ownership and economic growth by communities that have been disproportionally impacted by the prohibition of cannabis.
Lastly, the law will create the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund. This community-led fund will receive 30% of all tax profits (an estimated $26 million in the first year of sales and $128 in the fifth), which it will use to directly address the impact of economic disinvestment and disproportionate enforcement of drug laws by providing communities and individuals with resources to support local design and control of community-based responses to such impacts.
Cannabis in Virginia – General Information
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NEWSLETTER
Lots of states could legalize cannabis & psychedelics in 2022 (Newsletter: January 14, 2022)
- Just ahead of the crossover deadline for the 2024 legislative session, members of both chambers of the Virginia legislature approved competing measures to legalize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis to adults 21 and older. Both bills initiate retail adult-use cannabis sales on January 1, 2025, Delegate Paul Krizek’s HB698proposes a tax rate of […]
- Today marks the one year anniversary of legalization in Virginia and multiple changes to marijuana law take effect.
- Del. Dawn Adams speaks in opposition to the new misdemeanors during floor debate Today, the Virginia General Assembly voted to approve the budget bill which contains language to recriminalize personal possession of over four ounces of marijuana in public. The language, which creates two new misdemeanors, will take effect immediately upon Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s […]
- Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin’s recent attempt to recriminalize activities involving the possession of two ounces of marijuana by adults via the enactment of an amendment to SB 591 has been defeated for the session. That effort failed on Wednesday with lawmakers’ refusal to advance the bill it was added to, SB 591. Legislators voted to […]
- Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is seeking to re-criminalize certain activities specific to the possession of marijuana in Virginia. The Governor has proposed an amendment in the nature of a substitute to SB 591 which would create two new misdemeanors for personal marijuana possession. Currently, the personal possession of more than one ounce of marijuana by […]
Status of the States:
Decriminalization Rant Ahead…
Decriminalization still provides law enforcement with the power that can and has historically been used as a way for government to harass peaceful citizens.
Decriminalization provides a law enforcement officer with a ‘path’ to abridge the rights of law-abiding citizens, without facing any negative repercussions. With the legal authority that older generations ignorantly bestowed upon these officers, any interaction with law enforcement has the potential to ruin what you know as your life. This officer that is sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution has a statutory opening to broad powers that could leave a targeted citizen imprisoned, homeless, they could lose everything they own, or they could die.
‘Decriminalization’=🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮
Decriminalization is not normally understood by older generations and the stigma associated with Marijuana due to government run propaganda campaigns since the inception of marijuana prohibition that normally contained racist correlations and took advantage of the worst parts of the minds in our country. This stigma will more than likely require ‘generational change’ in the mindset as Marijuana becomes more prevalent throughout the USA and the World. It also seems that each generation is getting better with abandoning the racist tendencies of our… we’ll say ancestors.
FYI: Martin Luther King, Jr. was younger than Betty White… Anne Frank was born the same year as MLK. The Civil Rights Era is about the same age as my ‘Boomer’ parents and somehow major occurrences have been ‘whitewashed,’ then forgotten by most. Events that greatly shaped the path of the movement and these events that molded the minds of millions, if not billions, throughout the world are completely unknown to the majority of us all.
It is said that the winner writes the history. I believe it’s somewhat accurate to say that, but that history the winner writes will not stand the test of time, if inaccurate. The winner can’t always hide the truth from those that seek out objective truth, not version meant to create a false perception of historical events. Those truthseekers understand that they can’t be afraid to change what they know.
Decriminalization is NOT legalization! Decriminalization leaves an opening for government officials to act corruptly and abridge our Constitutional rights without facing any negative repercussions based on a supposed odor that is normally associated with Marijuana. Marijuana prohibition has always been used as leverage against people and groups that government acted to oppress, as it was intended. There is minimal public safety concern with Cannabis, the public safety concern comes with the prohibition.
Decriminalization is NOT LEGALIZATION
Lawmakers know these punishments aren’t far far off from the original penalties that are disproportionately ‘committed’ by minorities. Somewhat like the ‘Stop, Question and Frisk’ policy in NYC that interacted with minorities at shockingly higher rates than whites and showed no effect on crime.
18 + D.C.
States have legalized cannabis for adults
31 + D.C.
States have decriminalized cannabis
36 + D.C.
States have comprehensive medical cannabis laws
13
Additional states recognize the value of at least some medical preparations
| State | Legal Status | Medicinal | State Laws | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Alaska | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Arizona | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Arkansas | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| California | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Colorado | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Connecticut | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Delaware | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| District of Columbia | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Florida | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Georgia | Mixed | CBD Oil Only | No | View State Laws |
| Hawaii | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Idaho | Fully Illegal | No | No | View State Laws |
| Illinois | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Indiana | Mixed | CBD Oil Only | No | View State Laws |
| Iowa | Mixed | CBD Oil Only | No | View State Laws |
| Kansas | Fully Illegal | No | No | View State Laws |
| Kentucky | Mixed | CBD Oil Only | No | View State Laws |
| Louisiana | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Maine | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Maryland | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Massachusetts | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Michigan | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Minnesota | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Mississippi | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Missouri | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Montana | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Nebraska | Fully Illegal | No | Yes | View State Laws |
| Nevada | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| New Hampshire | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| New Jersey | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| New Mexico | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| New York | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| North Carolina | Fully Illegal | No | Yes | View State Laws |
| North Dakota | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Ohio | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Oklahoma | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Oregon | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Pennsylvania | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Rhode Island | Mixed | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| South Carolina | Fully Illegal | No | No | View State Laws |
| South Dakota | Mixed* | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Tennessee | Fully Illegal | No | No | View State Laws |
| Texas | Mixed | CBD Oil Only | No | View State Laws |
| Utah | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Vermont | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Virginia | Fully Legal | Yes | Yes | View State Laws |
| Washington | Fully Legal | YesYes | Yes | View State Laws |
| West Virginia | Mixed | Yes | No | View State Laws |
| Wisconsin | Mixed | CBD Oil Only | No | View State Laws |
| Wyoming | Fully Illegal | No | No | View State Laws |
FEDERAL TRACKER:
Congressional Memo Touts Marijuana Momentum In 2021 And Lays Out 2022 Reform Priorities
A bill to federally legalize marijuana and promote social equity cleared the House Judiciary Committee. Legislation to protect banks that service state-legal cannabis businesses passed the House for the fifth time. A bipartisan measure was introduced to incentivize the expungement of prior marijuana records.
By
Kyle Jaeger
US senators ask Justice Department to deschedule marijuana
POLITICS
Most Americans Predict Biden Won’t Uphold Marijuana Decriminalization Promise In 2022, Poll Finds
Open-minded Representation May Be Cause, Not Consequence😜
The high and increasing rates of marijuana use prior to legalization might provide evidence for a cultural explanation behind the recent swell of legalizations: as marijuana becomes more commonplace and less stigmatized, residents and legislators become less opposed to legalization. In essence, rising marijuana use may not be a consequence of legalization but a cause of it.
By Angela Dills, Sietse Goffard, Jeffrey Miron, & Erin Partin
ON
Police Corruption Horror Story
– Check back in over the next few weeks to catch a horror story of police corruption. I would like it to be a warning to all that less interaction with law enforcement is better and more than likely safer for you. Please stay tuned….
Someone is arrested for a marijuana offense every 58 seconds. There were 545,601 marijuana arrests in the country in 2019, and 92% of these arrests were for marijuana possession alone — not for sale or manufacturing. In the U.S., there are more arrests for marijuana possession each year than for all violent crimes combined.
Reform is needed, but don’t allow your state government to control what it shouldn’t, create crime, oppress its people and keep the money for a flower in the ‘black market.’ The only acceptable measure of reform is full legalization. Government will exert control over you, in a situation that it should not, if you allow it to do so.
● The underground, unregulated marijuana market leaves cannabis workers vulnerable
to wage theft, sexual exploitation, and other predatory behavior.25 It also leaves them
at risk of felony charges and deprives them of access to standard labor protections.
● Prohibition invites corruption within the criminal justice system by giving officials
easy, tempting opportunities to accept bribes, steal and sell marijuana, and plant
evidence on innocent people.
● Because marijuana is typically used in private, trampling the Bill of Rights is a
routine part of marijuana law enforcement — e.g., use of drug dogs, urine tests,
phone taps, government informants, curbside garbage searches, military helicopters,
and infrared heat detectors.
Cannabis is inappropriately scheduled as a Schedule I federally controlled substance. The Schedule I designation is reserved for drugs with “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.” Cannabis, with its proven medicinal efficacy and limited health risks, clearly does not fit into the Schedule I classification. USCC supports the complete descheduling of cannabis at the federal level.
The criminalization of and prohibition against cannabis continues to irreparably damage lives and communities throughout the country, disproportionately impacting Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Americans.
- While Senate Democrats push forward with a comprehensive federal cannabis legalization bill, political hurdles loom large, particularly in a divided Congress and with opposition from Republicans. Despite growing public support and shifting stances within the Biden administration, the path to nationwide cannabis reform remains uncertain amidst ongoing debates and the upcoming November elections.
- WebMD's position on the rescheduling of cannabis is misguided and fails to acknowledge the overwhelming evidence supporting the relative safety of the drug. By claiming that easing marijuana laws doesn't mean the drug is safer, WebMD is perpetuating outdated and inaccurate stereotypes about cannabis.
- For decades, Joe Biden has been cozy with Big Pharma, accepting millions in campaign contributions from drug companies over his long political career. It's no secret that the pharmaceutical industry vehemently opposes cannabis legalization, as legal weed represents a major threat to their profits from opiate painkillers and other drugs. Pharma much prefers that cannabis […]
- The other main problem the industry may never be able to overcome is, as Jeff Bezos put it so well, "your margins are my opportunity". Once the 280E tax breaks get worked through the system, and that cash bonanza gets dispursed, the industry will always face the unrelenting pressure of the illicit or black market. […]
- “There are many anecdotal and clinical reports which suggest that extract of psilocybin-containing mushrooms may have unique effects that are qualitatively and quantitatively different from chemical psilocybin, and also some preclinical studies. This observation has important clinical implications and we wanted to test it empirically in a laboratory study,” they said. So for the study, […]
- According to the news, Thailand’s health minister is set to ban recreational marijuana use completely by year end. A new bill is forecast to be discussed to parliament before session ends in October. Anutin Charnivakul, the public health minister responsible for initially proposing cannabis legalization, didn’t intend for weed to be as widely sold and […]
- In a phase 2b clinical trial, Beckley Psytech has started treating the first subject for BPL-003, an intranasal synthetic formulation of the psychedelic chemical 5-MeO-DMT intended for patients with treatment-resistant depression. With FDA clearance for investigational new medication status in February, this groundbreaking research represents the biggest controlled examination into the potential of 5-MeO-DMT, involving […]
Leafly News
⁉🙋♂️The Numbers for Drug Reform In Congress Don’t Add Up🙋♀️⁉
The reality that is holding Congress back from passing federal cannabis legalization is a simple one that often undermines complex, multi-faceted policy changes that have deep divisions within the legislative branch: there is not a sufficient coalition of House members and a filibuster-proof majority of senators who agree on comprehensive legalization. That result is often frustrating or bewildering for supporters of reform for two reasons. First, they look at national polling and see not just a majority, but a supermajority of Americans who support full-scale cannabis reform. Second, there are majorities of House and Senate members who would say yes to the basic question: ‘Should cannabis be legalized nationally?’
However, in the end, Congress has a choice between doing nothing and letting prohibition win the day and allowing all of the consequences of that to remain. Or doing something short of perfect, that addresses some of the real harms that drug prohibition has created in this country.
