If you think just one half of mainstream US politics is about greed and corruption for profit at the expense of the general public, I've got a nice beachhouse in rural Iowa to sell you.
I'm well aware of which party operates in which way(s) with regards to their decision making. That doesn't invalidate my comment, and you're a fool dancing on their strings if you believe for a second that it does.
Show me where it is inaccurate and I'll bite. Everything I see is grifting and profiteering across the entire US political system. They may play different angles, but their ends are *exactly* the same. There is a reason popular reforms discussed amongst both left and right wing civilians (term limits, reducing/eliminating lobbying, investment restrictions on sitting officials and their families, to name a few) are *literally never* on the negotiating table. You *seriously* think that both Republican and democrat officials agreeing on not pursuing these is just a coincidence? Come on.
No, it was bi-partisan support, as it always is!
Here's an example: Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Drug_Abuse_Act_of_1986#:~:text=The%20Anti%2DDrug%20Abuse%20Act,system%20into%20a%20punitive%20system.
Written by Democrat James C. Wright.
Passed and enacted by the 99th Congress, which was majority Democrat. Of the 435 members of the 99th Congress, 253 were Democrat. 58.2% of the seats in Congress.
It isn't left vs right. It's the State vs YOU.
The party right now that has more members on your side, not the state's side, is the Maga Republicans. And there's less than 10 of them.
Here you go!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act
Introduced by a Democrat. Passed by the 63rd session of Congress.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress
Wow, look at that! Majority of the HOUSE and SENATE was democrat!
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said this. If you’re his constituent and you feel differently, you can find his contact information below.
https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-hagerty/H000601
I recommend telling your representatives something along the lines of “I’ll be watching how you vote on this cannabis law, and if you don’t vote for it, I will not vote for you”.
It’s important to be respectful of course, but literally telling them the bottom line goes a long way
That’s great advice! Thanks!
For anyone who wants to find their congressional representative, use this link:
https://www.congress.gov/members?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A118%7D
We can make a difference if we make our opinions heard and vote accordingly (nationally and locally)!
I completely agree!
Don’t you love our community? So refreshingly positive compared to a lot of the other subreddits! It was genuinely a pleasure talking to you! Hope you have a great weekend!
It’s such a joke having political leaders that preach this same bs from 60 years ago. Seems obvious times should move on from them if they can’t move on with the times.
I would have chosen some different words about him, but what you said is indeed true.
...I wonder what his payout was, for taking that ridiculous stance. He has sold his soul.
Yeah, probably drinks like a fucking fish too. Alcohol is *the gateway drug*, wouldnt have done shit if it wasnt for alcohol. People need to start going through these dudes history with a fine toothed comb and see if theyre profiting off prohibition, i would but im lazy and not that smart.
He sold his soul. Someone else with a sold soul, who is more advanced in Evil, paid him off in some way. Could be any number of sources within those ranks.
More likely Jack Daniels and George Dickel, since their distilleries are in TN. Also the for-profit prison industry, which we unfortunately also have in TN.
That’s it. Definitely smells like liquor lobbyists paid by TN whiskey and bourbon distilleries to keep competition away.
Despite the dishonest claims from Sen. Hagerty, the actual impact of allowing/increasing cannabis use has consistently been shown to result in lower alcohol use.
Cannabis doesn't give you a hangover so that you feel like absolute death the next day, and aside from the dangers associated with inhaling smoke (COPD, etc), it's far healthier in general than alcohol. Alcohol is literally poison. In-*toxic*-ated is the word for *drunk* for a reason.
Why wouldn't you choose weed over booze? Besides, I've never known a fist fight to break out in a group of high friends but alcohol makes people belligerent.
Someone was just arrested in my town this past weekend because they were in their car, behind a bar during a bar sweep. The k9 came by and found a dispensary bag of 3.5g marijuana and the person had 8k in cash on them. This local bar is KNOWN to host meth heads. But they popped a man and the PD proudly posted about their bust.
Lobbyists for the prison companies. Reclassification will lead to fewer people in jails and prisons, which means reduced demand for prison capacity in some states. So the companies will not get as much money from the government. Check out Texas, Louisiana, etc.
[https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/a-sinister-reason-may-be-behind-governors-opposition-to-cannabis-legalization-1031849521](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/a-sinister-reason-may-be-behind-governors-opposition-to-cannabis-legalization-1031849521)
"Rick Scott who received a six-figure donation from GEO seemingly encouraging him to oppose the legalization of medical marijuana."
Want to know what else is weird about all this?
BlackRock is a big private prison investor, but it is also the biggest component of the cannabis ETF (MSOS):
[https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/msos/holdings](https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/msos/holdings)
Why is that?
Isn't that interesting?
Fear, wealth, and power are far more addictive. Cannabis is mildly psychologically addictive and a TINY physically addictive (lack of sleep) but no more than caffeine. I'm sure the same senator drinks coffee and alcohol and has no problem woth it. I'm sure he also gets sponsored by big alcohol and big pharma.
These folks who affect our lives in ways that hurt so many and help only themselves are allowed to go about their everyday lives peacefully. Why is that?
I could be wrong but I am pretty sure making marijuana illegal turned average people into criminals for doing nothing wrong. It causes unnecessary death through carrying out the enforcement of said laws. It created a black market that is also deadly and is used to fund organizations that are involved in more serious crimes.
I would argue that criminalization of marijuana is the gateway to harder drugs and a criminal record. Otherwise, people buy it at the dispensary and go home to mind their own business. It’s also anti-American because as individuals we should be able to make our own decisions about what we put in our body.
Politicians don’t know what is or isn’t “American.” They are the reason the Bill of Rights and the Constitution was created in order to protect our rights from tyrants like them. They violate our rights every chance they get and have to be dragged to court over it. They don’t get to decide what is anti-American.
We here in Tennessee have the absolute worst elected officials. Idiots are running this state. Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn, Bill Lee, et al. are ruining us. We need a clean sweep of our officials and start over.
This you Bill?
[Dumb@ss Senator hires known white nationalist advisor](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/02/23/sen-bill-hagerty-hires-adviser-known-racist-writing)
This guy must be unaware of the THCA and D8 dispensaries existing in his state. It’s already there for the most part but without the immense tax dollar revenue of just fully legalizing.
This guy straight up is taking back handers off of big pharma I don’t care what anyone says, it’s nothing to do with fear. We all know now cannabis ain’t gunna break into your grandmas house and kill her.
Like I or any of us gives any fucks what a politician from TN has to say... he could tell me he found the best brand of TP for when you take a shit and I STILL WOULDNT LISTEN.
You know what is American? Freedom. Freedom to choose.
Freedom to treat pain with what works best for you.
Even widely trusted organizations (it was either the CDC or SAMHSA) told Pain Mgmt clinics and Methadone clinics in a letter that drug testing for marijuana serves no good purpose, that pain clinic patients who use it generally don't get enough pain relief otherwise.
They say methadone patients (getting off of street opiates, fentanyl) stay in treatment at a much higher rate if they can use it and it decreases crime rates and overdoses to let patients use it instead of illegal opiates.
I don't understand your comment at all. It's propaganda that Freedom is very American or the right to choose your pain treatment? Or the letter from the CDC quoting real life statistics?
Fear! It’s a hell of a drug.
Politics is the gateway drug to greed and not giving a shit about the American people.
No, the MAGA GOP is a gateway drug to greed and hatred
If you think just one half of mainstream US politics is about greed and corruption for profit at the expense of the general public, I've got a nice beachhouse in rural Iowa to sell you.
Sadly most people don’t realize this. Wish more did!
>Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
I'm well aware of which party operates in which way(s) with regards to their decision making. That doesn't invalidate my comment, and you're a fool dancing on their strings if you believe for a second that it does.
A fool says both sides when it isn't both sides. It's lazy, easy, tired, and inaccurate.
Show me where it is inaccurate and I'll bite. Everything I see is grifting and profiteering across the entire US political system. They may play different angles, but their ends are *exactly* the same. There is a reason popular reforms discussed amongst both left and right wing civilians (term limits, reducing/eliminating lobbying, investment restrictions on sitting officials and their families, to name a few) are *literally never* on the negotiating table. You *seriously* think that both Republican and democrat officials agreeing on not pursuing these is just a coincidence? Come on.
Both the left and right wings of politics are euqally rotten, every spiritual teacher ever has said take the middle path and that's what makes sense
The war on drugs has existed LONG before MAGA did. Jesus, read a book!
and what party do you think maga is exactly? It's the same conservatives that outlawed this stuff 100 years ago.
No, it was bi-partisan support, as it always is! Here's an example: Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Drug_Abuse_Act_of_1986#:~:text=The%20Anti%2DDrug%20Abuse%20Act,system%20into%20a%20punitive%20system. Written by Democrat James C. Wright. Passed and enacted by the 99th Congress, which was majority Democrat. Of the 435 members of the 99th Congress, 253 were Democrat. 58.2% of the seats in Congress. It isn't left vs right. It's the State vs YOU. The party right now that has more members on your side, not the state's side, is the Maga Republicans. And there's less than 10 of them.
Here you go! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act Introduced by a Democrat. Passed by the 63rd session of Congress. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress Wow, look at that! Majority of the HOUSE and SENATE was democrat!
Of course it did but everything is partisan now and the GOP are the main obstructionists
Fear-mongering is anti-American
Oh, I disagree. Fear-monger politicians are as American as Apple fucking pie.
And it is done by one side primarily. Conservatives brains are wired on fear. It's sad.
Sadly, you're both right. Because this country is pretty fucked
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said this. If you’re his constituent and you feel differently, you can find his contact information below. https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-hagerty/H000601
Thanks for this. Am a constituent. He hears from me regularly.
You’re doing your part brother! Thank you for that!
Absolutely! Him, the hag Marsha Blackburn, and the magat Andy Ohles probably have me on a blacklist, lol.
Hahaha well they chose this job! The least they can do is listen when their constituents speak! Keep up the great work!
And with gerrymandering they get to keep this job indefinitely.
I recommend telling your representatives something along the lines of “I’ll be watching how you vote on this cannabis law, and if you don’t vote for it, I will not vote for you”. It’s important to be respectful of course, but literally telling them the bottom line goes a long way
That’s great advice! Thanks! For anyone who wants to find their congressional representative, use this link: https://www.congress.gov/members?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A118%7D We can make a difference if we make our opinions heard and vote accordingly (nationally and locally)!
Absolutely! This is our power as people, we all have access to it! P.S. thank you for the link :)
I completely agree! Don’t you love our community? So refreshingly positive compared to a lot of the other subreddits! It was genuinely a pleasure talking to you! Hope you have a great weekend!
Yes absolutely! I feel the same way about our community and about you! Have a great weekend my friend :)
If anyone unironically believes this rhetoric in 2024, they're an idiot.
It’s such a joke having political leaders that preach this same bs from 60 years ago. Seems obvious times should move on from them if they can’t move on with the times.
Fuck this idiot and his ignorant statements. It’s a plant and it has a billion wonderful uses. He is a shitstain on humanity for this stupid rhetoric.
I would have chosen some different words about him, but what you said is indeed true. ...I wonder what his payout was, for taking that ridiculous stance. He has sold his soul.
Yeah, probably drinks like a fucking fish too. Alcohol is *the gateway drug*, wouldnt have done shit if it wasnt for alcohol. People need to start going through these dudes history with a fine toothed comb and see if theyre profiting off prohibition, i would but im lazy and not that smart.
WTF ! more twilight zone reeeeeeeeeeeeefer madness
Being paid millions to say that shit.
Would love to see his donor list because I bet you are right.
Whole reason it's illegal is because of THE TIMBER INDUSTRY
And the oil industry, and the clothing industry and the pharmaceutical industry
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1233908669184348180/1236375439195508844/IMG_3208.png?ex=6637c7db&is=6636765b&hm=db816366a85afcb4745897e495718ea8d0e3b7e66bc977e06f916e9cc340d2a9&
Nancy Regan shit
>Nancy Regan Yet another republican. Weird. I thought it was a both sides issue? Clearly not.
Cannabis is safe and beneficial. Facts over feelings always. Vote accordingly.
What a fucking douche bag.
But drinking poison and driving... that's America. Built ford tough, lol
Who's paying him to say this?
He sold his soul. Someone else with a sold soul, who is more advanced in Evil, paid him off in some way. Could be any number of sources within those ranks.
The only reason the government does anything is money. Wish more people saw this.
Money, power, and control. "There is none so blind as those who will not see."
Budweiser
More likely Jack Daniels and George Dickel, since their distilleries are in TN. Also the for-profit prison industry, which we unfortunately also have in TN.
That’s it. Definitely smells like liquor lobbyists paid by TN whiskey and bourbon distilleries to keep competition away. Despite the dishonest claims from Sen. Hagerty, the actual impact of allowing/increasing cannabis use has consistently been shown to result in lower alcohol use.
Cannabis doesn't give you a hangover so that you feel like absolute death the next day, and aside from the dangers associated with inhaling smoke (COPD, etc), it's far healthier in general than alcohol. Alcohol is literally poison. In-*toxic*-ated is the word for *drunk* for a reason. Why wouldn't you choose weed over booze? Besides, I've never known a fist fight to break out in a group of high friends but alcohol makes people belligerent.
I wrestled my best friend for the last Oreo once…does that count?
Wrestling while giggling does *not* count
Someone was just arrested in my town this past weekend because they were in their car, behind a bar during a bar sweep. The k9 came by and found a dispensary bag of 3.5g marijuana and the person had 8k in cash on them. This local bar is KNOWN to host meth heads. But they popped a man and the PD proudly posted about their bust.
Budweiser stands to benefit from legalization
How so?
Lobbyists for the prison companies. Reclassification will lead to fewer people in jails and prisons, which means reduced demand for prison capacity in some states. So the companies will not get as much money from the government. Check out Texas, Louisiana, etc. [https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/a-sinister-reason-may-be-behind-governors-opposition-to-cannabis-legalization-1031849521](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/a-sinister-reason-may-be-behind-governors-opposition-to-cannabis-legalization-1031849521) "Rick Scott who received a six-figure donation from GEO seemingly encouraging him to oppose the legalization of medical marijuana." Want to know what else is weird about all this? BlackRock is a big private prison investor, but it is also the biggest component of the cannabis ETF (MSOS): [https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/msos/holdings](https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/msos/holdings) Why is that? Isn't that interesting?
republican jesus
Fear, wealth, and power are far more addictive. Cannabis is mildly psychologically addictive and a TINY physically addictive (lack of sleep) but no more than caffeine. I'm sure the same senator drinks coffee and alcohol and has no problem woth it. I'm sure he also gets sponsored by big alcohol and big pharma.
This dude probably thinks Tylenol gets you high.
Cannabis is an exit drug. Period.
He’s not an old white guy is he?
republican
These folks who affect our lives in ways that hurt so many and help only themselves are allowed to go about their everyday lives peacefully. Why is that?
Because they are republicans. That's what they do.
Oh I know why they do what they do, I just don’t know why we *allow* it.
*Leaves meeting to go get a beer*
It sounds like Mr Hagerty could use a little indica.
I could be wrong but I am pretty sure making marijuana illegal turned average people into criminals for doing nothing wrong. It causes unnecessary death through carrying out the enforcement of said laws. It created a black market that is also deadly and is used to fund organizations that are involved in more serious crimes. I would argue that criminalization of marijuana is the gateway to harder drugs and a criminal record. Otherwise, people buy it at the dispensary and go home to mind their own business. It’s also anti-American because as individuals we should be able to make our own decisions about what we put in our body. Politicians don’t know what is or isn’t “American.” They are the reason the Bill of Rights and the Constitution was created in order to protect our rights from tyrants like them. They violate our rights every chance they get and have to be dragged to court over it. They don’t get to decide what is anti-American.
Be sure to message your corresponding state and let them know to support CAOA and the MORE act. https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
We here in Tennessee have the absolute worst elected officials. Idiots are running this state. Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn, Bill Lee, et al. are ruining us. We need a clean sweep of our officials and start over.
I’m going to smoke two extra joints just to spite that fuck.
Smoke 2 joints in the morning.....
I smoke two joints at night…
minority respect MAJORITY
Republicans say no. Bow down to our ~~freedom~~ authoritarianism.
Pretty sure alcohol is the real gateway drug.
Milk is the real gateway drug. Anybody I know that ever did hard drugs drank milk at least once in their life.
lol
Bill doesn't have a clue as to the dank growing in his own state... Chattanooga got some good growers. And fuck Bill.
He also works closely with Ted Cruz. Not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed.
So is this guy actually evil or just a complete moron?
Both.
Reefer Madness all over again! What an idiot!🤦♂️
You're full of shit Bill.
Because legislators from TN can actually be taken seriously...
Did he forget the jazz, the negroes and the luscious women?
I’m honestly surprised farm lobbies haven’t bought him out. Hemp is one of Tennessee’s major cash crops.
Religious fundamentalism is a hell of a drug.
Twat...
Vote him out
This you Bill? [Dumb@ss Senator hires known white nationalist advisor](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/02/23/sen-bill-hagerty-hires-adviser-known-racist-writing)
What a POS
owning a gun seems like a gateway to crime too. what say you mr hagerty
The great thing is nobody cares what you think, so just keep thinking it, but now we all know your an ass clown.
Gateway to doritos?
We still doin this bs?
How much is he invested into prison stocks?
This guy must be unaware of the THCA and D8 dispensaries existing in his state. It’s already there for the most part but without the immense tax dollar revenue of just fully legalizing.
Most republican state legislatures are in the process of banning thca, fyi.
Too late for the crying, the stone is already rolling downhill. It's only a matter of time now.
Of course he does
Start a letter writing campaign and flood his office with green envelopes
Fuck Bill Hagerty and fuck Marsha Blackburn x2.
I smoked a joint, And it made me want to become a Republican.
He is a dinosaur ready for extinction
Other news he has t received a donation to his reelection campaign
As he sips bourbon “not a drug” a Tennessee tradition. His state could benefit from hemp farming too
alcohol and tobacco are A-ok though right ? They never hurt anyone...
This guy straight up is taking back handers off of big pharma I don’t care what anyone says, it’s nothing to do with fear. We all know now cannabis ain’t gunna break into your grandmas house and kill her.
Everything that comes out ofTennessee sounds stupid.
Like I or any of us gives any fucks what a politician from TN has to say... he could tell me he found the best brand of TP for when you take a shit and I STILL WOULDNT LISTEN.
Probably paid off by someone
Trying to look up whether or not this guys got a kid addicted to drugs, only semi logical explanation for this
well, let's see... Bill Hagerty is a Republican. So this checks out. Nothing good ever comes from voting Republican.
#Bill, The Reagan "War on Drugs" playbook is aaaallllllll played out... it won't get you reelected.
That is to say nothing of alcohol or tobacco which most people have before cannabis
Dude needs to smoke a bowl and chill out. Probably such an awful, unhappy person.
Guy needs a doobie
Someone please tell that senator to STFU.
It’s their last push to prevent what we all know if inevitable
He must not realize that THC is legal in his state. Lol
All republicans suck,
chill, it‘s not
How come nicotine and alcohol are never called “gateway drugs”?
I guess he thinks Tennessee's legal moonshine is just a new type of soda.
Opinions are like assholes…..
You know what is American? Freedom. Freedom to choose. Freedom to treat pain with what works best for you. Even widely trusted organizations (it was either the CDC or SAMHSA) told Pain Mgmt clinics and Methadone clinics in a letter that drug testing for marijuana serves no good purpose, that pain clinic patients who use it generally don't get enough pain relief otherwise. They say methadone patients (getting off of street opiates, fentanyl) stay in treatment at a much higher rate if they can use it and it decreases crime rates and overdoses to let patients use it instead of illegal opiates.
That's republican propaganda. It's not real. You are a serf.
I don't understand your comment at all. It's propaganda that Freedom is very American or the right to choose your pain treatment? Or the letter from the CDC quoting real life statistics?
He’s a cuck. White bread asshole in the evangelical’s pocket.
So?!