The House votes on federal marijuana legalization this month, and I've been saying since 2016 it could be a major advantage to President Trump if he supported it. It would pull a shitload of votes from moderates with the right timing and a demcRat who doesn't support it- like Biden. It's all lined up for the homerun if Trump publicly supports it- which he obviously does to some degree considering the Hemp Act. He should take this perfectly lined up opportunity to support it and pull millions of votes from people who want this and don’t care about Biden and Camela.
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I’ve never been a marijuana user, tried it twice in my teens and it never did it for me. I have friends who smoke it recreationally, people with good jobs and good families, I have no problem with it other than the legality issue. You make it legal, you can tax it. You make it legal you help destroy the cartels. You make it legal and people with addiction issues can seek help with no stigma. Legal weed makes 100% sense to me. I won’t do it. Some will, some won’t. I don’t think it’s going to spiral into making everything else legal. It is responsible for less (non-criminal) deaths than alcohol, which is something I do partake in... legal marijuana removes a lot of problems that the criminalisation of it causes. It’s like revolving prohibition, we take it away from the criminals and put it in the hands of companies who will be more responsible with quality and distribution. Call me a fag drug warrior all you like, I know I’m not any of those things and I am standing behind a common sense approach to a drug that is becoming more socially acceptable, just as alcohol once did. This is not the time to be the temperance league and President Trump could win some good karma with a voter base that typically votes blue.
TL:DR it’s a better idea than you think it is