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11-08-2009, 08:21 AM
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|  D.C: "Truth In Trials Act" Reintroduced In Congress. D.C: "Truth In Trials Act" Reintroduced In Congress. NORML | 11/6/09 | "Truth In Trials Act" Reintroduced In Congress Washington, DC: California Democrat Sam Farr, along with a bipartisan coalition of 27 co-sponsors, has reintroduced legislation to protect state-authorized medical cannabis patients and their providers from federal prosecution. House Bill 3939: the Truth in Trials Act of 2009 would provide an affirmative defense in federal court for defendants whose actions were in compliance with the medical marijuana laws of their state. Passage of House Bill 3939 would codify legal protections for defendants caught between state and federal laws, ensuring that they can cite state law as a legal defense in federal trials. It states: "Any person facing prosecution or a proceeding for any marijuana-related offense under any Federal law shall have the right to introduce evidence demonstrating that the marijuana-related activities for which the person stands accused were performed in compliance with State law regarding the medical use of marijuana." Said Farr: "This is a common sense bill that will help stop the waste of law enforcement and judicial resources that have been spent prosecuting individuals who are following state laws. This legislation is about fair treatment of defendants in medical marijuana trials, plain and simple." Last month United States Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a memorandum to federal prosecutors directing them to not "focus federal resources ... on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana." Previous versions of the Truth in Trials Act were introduced in both the 108th and 109th Congress, but failed to receive a public hearing or a committee vote. In June, Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank reintroduced legislation – HR 2835: The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009 – authorizing the state-authorized use of medical marijuana. That bill remains pending before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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11-08-2009, 08:48 AM
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|  Yeeeeah legislation! one step closer. To total world domination! |
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11-08-2009, 05:32 PM
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| HUGE step in the right direction! legalization is still far off i'd say but once the US legalizes it, the rest of the world will follow like dominoes. KEEP IT UP!!!
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| How sad that this bill even has to be introduced,much less that we have to rely on people that receive election funds from the organizations that are the ones keeping marijuana illegal to pass it. It is such a waste in time for them to delay the inevitable,marijuana will be removed from schedule 1,and when it is,all these court evidence rules won't even apply any longer. "Marijuana is addictive to people the same way sex is,anything that good is worth repeating" |
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11-09-2009, 12:19 AM
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| I cant wait to be able to just go into a gas station and buy the dankest herb for like 5$ and eighth. :P |
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 It would be the same price as cigarettes. I read an article a while back that talked about legalization and regulation, and that if or when it would be sold to adults over 21, that if it were sold in places like gas stations that it would cost 5$ for an eighth of weed. Im in fact not lying at all, I thought it sounded to good to be true, but remember that in order to kill the black market we would have to lower the price to that so that drug dealers wont make a profit anymore if they try to sell. No one would buy an eighth of headies anymore for 50-80 bucks if you could get the same thing for 5$. Its all a strategy to keep it out of kids hands and to stop (at least some) of the big mexican drug cartels, or any drug cartels in fact. There will still be a heroin in meth and cocaine problem with this country, but I strongly believe that weed is a harmless drug that shouldnt be illegal to posses, grow, and use in the privacy of your own home. | |
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