Trump Sighs, “Gardner-Warren bill” that Ends Federal Ban on Marijuana.( Cannabis, Pot, Weed, THC Mary Jane)

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President Donald Trump just signed the Gardner-Warren bill to end the federal ban against cannabis. This is a major step that will dramatically reshape the nation’s legal landscape for pot users, businesses and investors.

The “Gardner-Warren bill” also changed the definition of marijuana in federal drug law to exclude industrial hemp, which like marijuana is part of the cannabis plant family but doesn’t contain the THC that gives pot users the high. Hemp produces the non-intoxicating cannabinoids, or CBDs, that have become a health rage and a lucrative crop in Kentucky and other states.

The “Gardner-Warren bill” will now end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown.
It was supported from members of Congress from both parties, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who said in a statement that Washington “needed to get out of the business of outlawing marijuana.” and Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said in a statement, “he appreciated the president’s continued interest getting this bill signed” “I supported Sen. Gardner,” Trump said when asked about the bill. “I knew exactly what he’s doing. That’s why I end up supporting that, yes.

Several other Republicans, including Reps. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa and Don Young of Alaska, also wanted an end to federal marijuana laws that intrude on the states.

The Gardner-Warren bill, with the support from President Trump, pushed the bill forward. After all, it was President Trump who stopped the Department of Justice from cracking down on weed companies in April 2018.

The federal ban that put marijuana on the same level as LSD and heroin was creating a huge conflict with Thirty-three states that had legalized pot in some form, and 10 states -- Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington that passed laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use, was
creating a two-tiered enforcement system at the state and federal levels

The Gardner-Warren bill will be a giant step to create uniform testing and regulatory standards for cannabis, and free scientists and doctors to pursue research into the many medical uses of cannabis

According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, more than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. In an effort to relieve that constant pain, the number of opiate prescriptions has nearly doubled over the last decade. Today, opiates like hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine flood the streets, driving up addiction rates and fatal opiate overdoses.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially labeled the problem an “opiate epidemic.” As experts scramble to come up with a plan that combats the nation’s dependence on opiates, a new study published last week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine indicates medical marijuana might be the key.
Over the past two decades, deaths from drug overdoses have become the leading cause of injury death in the United States. In 2011, 55 percent of drug overdose deaths were related to prescription medications; 75 percent of those deaths involved opiate painkillers. However, researchers found that opiate-related deaths decreased by approximately 33 percent in 13 states in the following six years after medical marijuana was legalized

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol) [CBD] oral solution for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy.
This is the first FDA-approved drug that contains a purified drug substance derived from marijuana. It is also the first FDA approval of a drug for the treatment of patients with Dravet syndrome.

The Gardner-Warren bill was previously a conflict with Trumps own former Justice Department and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who staunchly opposes marijuana. He lifted an Obama administration policy and freed federal prosecutors to more aggressively pursue cases in states that have legalized marijuana.

At Gardner’s behest, Trump in April ordered an abrupt retreat from the announced crackdown. Trump made the order without even consulting Sessions, a sign they had a tense relationship.

Asked about the measure in an interview with Colorado Public Radio, Sessions said, “We’ll see how far it goes and how much support there is. … My view is clear: The federal law remains in effect nationwide, just as it does for heroin and cocaine.” Sessions, by contrast, even ramped up those threats by lobbing Congress to reduce current protections for medical marijuana.

Marijuana stocks plummeted 30 after cannabis foe Jeff Sessions statements.
With Sessions firing and the federal ban now lifted on marijuana, the cannabis business can grow.
The Gardner-Warren bill is going to transform the legal framework for cannabis businesses in the United States, freeing them up to pursue bank financing or listing on U.S. stock exchanges.
The global legal marijuana market is expected to reach USD 146.4 billion by end of 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc.
“If your in the marijuana business…you can now get a bank loan or set up a bank account because the conflict between state and federal law, is over” said Gardner at a news conference.
“It was time we take this industry out of the shadows, bring these dollars out of the shadows.”

Marijuana sales in Colorado exceeded $1 billion as of August of this year, with tax revenue from those sales coming in at $200 million, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Revenue and its Marijuana Enforcement Division.
It’s the earliest point in any of the four years Colorado has had legal recreational marijuana that combined medical and rec sales have cracked the billion-dollar mark.
Total combined recreational and medical marijuana sales through August hit $1,022,245,511, according to the MED, setting the state on a trajectory to break last year’s record of more than $1.5 billion in sales.

Now that “Gardner-Warren bill” ended the Federal Ban on Marijuana, the next step, legalizing medical Marijuana state by state, starting with Texas, than following in Canada footsteps to becomes the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace.

Marijuana in Canada ???????? become legal Oct. 17, 2018. The buyers no longer are unlawful dealers or dubious medical dispensaries; it's the Canadian government. On Oct. 17, Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace.

Mexico’s ???????? incoming foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said the country could “absolutely” follow Canada in legalizing marijuana as a way to reduce violence generated by a war on drugs that “doesn’t work.”

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox who sits on the board of Vancouver-based medical marijuana producer Khiron Life Sciences Corp., said he expects Mexico’s new government to legalize recreational cannabis in 2019. The country legalized medical pot in 2017.
Fox has long advocated for legal cannabis, arguing that it will help defeat the cartel violence that has plagued Mexico for years.
“We can change criminals for businessmen, we can change underground, illegal non-taxpayers into an industry, a sector of the economy,” he said Thursday in an interview in Toronto, where he met with Khiron’s board.

Where Is Recreational Marijuana Tax Revenue Going?

Colorado and Oregon are heavy hitter in the legal marijuana world. Oregon has and made over $65 million in marijuana tax revenue since January 2016. Much like Colorado, Oregon decided to allocate much of the marijuana tax revenue to public schools. They also adopted the 40 model for money that goes to fund public schools. This is a huge deal, especially for rural districts!
Oregon however, went ever more in depth and set precise percentages for the rest of the revenue as well.
The rest of the 60 of revenue is to be spent as follows:
* 20 is to fund mental health, alcoholism, and drug services programs
* 15 for the State Police
* 10 for Local law enforcement in cities
* 10 for Local law enforcement in counties
* 5 goes to the Oregon Health Authority to help fund substance abuse prevention programs and treatment services

How many Americans regular use pot? The number will surprise you.

Most marijuana users are parents. There are almost as many marijuana users as there are cigarette smokers in the U.S.
Those facts and many more are among the conclusions of a new survey from Yahoo News and Marist University, which illustrates how pot has become a part of everyday life for millions of Americans.

More than half of American adults have tried marijuana at least once in their lives, according to the survey. Nearly 55 million of them, or 22 percent, currently use it - the survey defines "current use" as having used marijuana at least once or twice in the past year. Close to 35 million are what the survey calls "regular users," or people who use marijuana at least once or twice a month.

So, if you live in a state that has legalized pot, and you go to your local marijuana dispensary to buy it, you will be supporting your local schools, drug rehab facility, law enforcement, and department of transportation.

If you live in a state where you have to purchase cannabis illegally from the black market it has 5 consequences you might not like and indirect support of the drug cartels.

1 Support of the drug cartels.

Mexican cartels smuggle more drugs into the U.S. than any other criminal group, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration said in a new report.
The 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment released in October lists six cartels as having major influences across the country and 5 of them supply Texas.

The Gulf Cartel - has a hold on cities in Texas' tip and coastal bend. McAllen, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston and Beaumont which mostly brings marijuana into the area. according to the DEA.

Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel - controls San Antonio which deals marijuana, according to the DEA,

Los Zetas - control two cities Eagle Pass and Laredo,

Juarez Cartel - has a hold on Alpine, Midland, El Paso and Lubbock.

The Sinaloa Cartel - formerly run by prison escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman," with a net worth oh 4 billion is found in Dallas, Lubbock and Fort Worth, according to the DEA.

Texas drug funnel:
Take Texas as an example which is one of the 17 states that didn’t vote for any legal marijuana use, except for three Medical cannabis dispensaries to provide cannabis oil (CBD) to seizure patients.

According to www.Suburbanstats.org
There are 25,143,561 residents in Texas,
21,644,521 are 18 and over.
According to the previous survey more than half of American adults have tried marijuana. If we use 50 for this example which would be 14,321,300 adults living in Texas that tried Cannabis at least one time.

Most people spend between $25 and $50 per purchase for marijuana , with a $33 median.
Texas had 14,321,300 adults that bought $33 of marijuana for a total of $472,602,900 spent on marijuana in a state where its completely illegal.
This means when Texas residents bought there marijuana products they didn’t support local schools, drug rehab facility, law enforcement, and department of transportation Instead they bought $472,606,900 from non-tax paying drug dealers which consists of gangs, high school drop outs, pimps, and can also lead to the indirect support of drug cartels that fueled the continue the war on drugs.

$472,606,900 was based on everyone using it one time, but 22 of the people in the country currently use pot 2 to 3 times a month.
22 of the 25,143,561 people living in Texas is 5,531,583 people buying $182,542,239 every 2 weeks of marijuana illegally, wow,
It looks like the drug dealers went out on Election Day and voted against legalizing cannabis.

The fact is, presence of cartel-moved cannabis increases crime rates, while legalized states have shown a near 40 drop in drug-related violent crimes .


1. Health Consequence:
You also have health Consequence, buying cannabis from the black market which does not ensure a clean and reliable product. Legal states have state supervision and mandatory testing at the dispensary for everything from potency to mold to pesticides.

Unfortunately, that’s not true for states where cannabis is outlawed, and if a consumer is immunocompromised in any way, by an illegal dispensary, growing marijuana in a field or in their back yard will spray insecticide on his crops to protect his investment. A contaminated dime bag with insecticide or mold can create a litany of health problems

Many studies have been conducted on pesticides and worryingly enough, connections have been made between pesticides and serious health conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, ADHD and birth defects. Further research suggests that pesticides may even detrimentally affect the nervous, reproductive and endocrine systems.

The nervous system symptoms are, numbness and tingling, and at a higher doses contamination, people may experience convulsion-like activities, such as twitching and tremors and may even develop seizures or fall into a coma.

2. Legal Consequence:
Another Consequence is obvious legality issues if you get caught.

Depending on what state you live in sentencing can be anywhere from 180 days to 99 years, this of course depending on the amount possessed or distributed. It can also include possession of paraphernalia such as bongs, pipes, rolling papers or anything else that might be used to consume.

In Colorado, if your an adult 21 years of age or older, you can legally possess 1 ounce of marijuana.

Texas law, if caught with 1 ounce of marijuana for possession, selling or gifting which is when you’re caught giving a baggie to a friend as a gift “with no,” i.e. payment has Consequence.

* Possession of 1 ounce or less warrants a fine of up to $2,000 and 180 days in jail and charged as a misdemeanor.
* Selling and gifting of 7 grams or less (no remuneration) earns a sentence of 180 days in jail, $2,000 fine and is a misdemeanor
* Selling or gifting of 7 grams or less (with remuneration) earns a sentence of 1 year in jail, $4,000 fine and charged as a misdemeanor.
* Selling or gifting of 7 grams to 1 ounce earns a sentence of 180 days to 2 years in jail, fine of $10,000 and charged as a felony.

The impact of these brutal laws are evident when you consider the sheer number of marijuana arrests in Texas. NORML reported (based on data from the FBI) that in 2012 72,562 people were arrested in Texas for marijuana with a whopping 97 percent of all marijuana convictions are for possession. To repeat, you can spend your life in prison for possessing cannabis in Texas

3. Financial Consequence:
The fines for possession/selling/gifting up to 1 ounce of marijuana is $2,000 - $10,000

If you are facing marijuana possession charges , consulting with an experienced criminal defense attorney will ensure a strong defense is established on your behalf to fight the charges and jail time.

Common criminal defense cost per cases, depending on the severity of crime and criminal history:

* Defense for misdemeanor possession of marijuana: $750–$2,000—costs vary depending on the client’s criminal history and amount of marijuana in possession.
* Defense for felony for selling/possession of a controlled substance: $3,000–$10,000—costs vary depending on the client’s criminal history and the amount of the controlled substance.

Expungement expenses.
If a potential employer is doing a background check on you and they found that you have been arrested, were on probation or convicted and have marijuana misdemeanor or felony charges on your record can cost you a job.

Typical costs: Hiring an attorney to handle an expungement starts around $400-$1,000 for a single criminal misdemeanor charge but can run $1,000-$4,000 or more for a felony prevailing local legal rates and the status and experience of the attorney.
(Cannabis was legal the state would be expunging the criminal records of people who’ve been convicted of non-violent marijuana offenses for free.)

In other words if you live in Texas give a friend 1 ounce of weed it could cost you up to $24,000.

3. Safety Consequence:
Legal Pot is linked to less crime
but if you live in Texas and your paying cash for illegal drugs and meeting drug dealers in a private place hidden from the police then the headlines the next morning could state
“A second teen has been charged in the shooting death “drug deal gone bad’.
The 3 most common crimes that takes place during a ‘drug deal gone bad’ is robbery, rape and murder.
Sadly, most of the victims in the robbery and rape cases don’t even reported crime. Why,
“They don’t want anyone to know.” because they were buying drugs illegally and
“They don’t know how much control they will have after they report to the police”

The drug dealers themselves are also at risk of getting robbed, murdered and having their place of residents burglarized.



Texas, America’s Most Powerful Bible-Belt State and “Christian War On Drugs”

Why hasn’t Texas voted Yes to legalize medical marijuana. Did all the drug dealers and lawyers show up on Election Day and voted against marijuana, or, Texas is a Bible Belt state.

The Bible Belt plays a strong role in society and politics. Texas is ranked in the upper half among the states in percentage of the population belonging to a denomination. According to the 2010 U.S. Religion Census, at least 56.0 percent of Texans are adherents to a religion. The national average is 48.8 percent.

Texas is trying to Legalizing medical
marijuana and the majority of Americans (58) now favor
legalizing marijuana for recreational or other use. This scale has tipped for almost all groups—the exception being among Christian voters which a majority still believe medical marijuana should be kept illegal and view medical marijuana as a 'moral issue' or as a moral dilemma.

But some Christian voters see it as a step in the wrong direction.
“Their intent is to undo the influence of the church - or ‘unbuckle the bible belt.’

The United Methodist Church considers marijuana a gateway drug. At the Episcopal Church’s 1982 General Convention, a resolution was passed “proclaim[ing]there are harmful effects which can be permanently disabling with the use of marijuana.” The Presbyterian Church is less strict; it stated in 1971 and again in 2006 that “marijuana is not properly classified … and conclusive evidence is lacking that it produces physiological effects or automatically leads to the use of more serious, addictive drugs.”

Other churches take more of a hard-line approach to marijuana. The Catholic Church says that drugs “constitute direct co-operation in evil” and does not seem to make exceptions for marijuana. The Vatican has condemned legalizing “soft drugs” like marijuana.

Does the Bible address the use of marijuana? Yes Some believe it is explicitly endorsed in Genesis 1:29 where God said to Adam: “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.”

There are biblical rationales for such a position. The Presbyterian Church’s position on pot-smoking, which they adopted during a June 2006 General Assembly, notes that Matthew 25:35 calls for people to give aid to those who are suffering. Many Christians in favor of medicinal marijuana use this line of argument, saying that if it helps ease the pain of people dying from cancer, it’s a good thing.

Texas’s tradition of political and cultural conservatism continues to prevent many politicians from taking a public stand in favor of legalization. Though there’s growing support for legalization among conservative voters, elected officials remain fearful that speaking out could jeopardize their jobs.

Republican state Rep. David Simpson doesn’t believe God makes mistakes — not even with marijuana. The government shouldn’t be in the business of outlawing plants that God made and
marijuana comes from God and therefore shouldn't be banned by government. The tea party stalwart has repeatedly championed what he calls the "Christian case" for legalization.

Meanwhile, Bobby Griffith, a Presbyterian minister in Oklahoma City and member of Clergy for a New Drug Policy, said he believes that based on the Scriptures, “enjoying creation" is “governed by moderation, not prohibition.”

“Jesus supported the relief of suffering and pain whenever he could. This is what medical marijuana does in contemporary society,” said Alexander Sharp, a Christian reverend and the director of Clergy for a New Drug Policy, a national faith group that seeks to “end the War on Drugs” and replace the United States’ “culture of punishment” surrounding drug use.

“Jesus would’ve wanted to alleviate suffering. Medical marijuana is an effective response to prescription opioid abuse and has saved lives,” Sharp said.

In Jesus Name
Amen










The legislation would ensure states still have the right to determine the best approach to marijuana within their borders, but some U.S. restrictions would remain, including sales of non-medical pot to people under 21.

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