Found this:
Marijuana was placed in Schedule I in 1971 provisionally, until the science
could be assessed. But Pres. Richard Nixon saw pot prohibition as a way to
destroy the antiwar left, according to clandestine recordings made by Nixon in
the White House as well as statements from his staff to the press. Nixon
convened The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (what became known
as the Shafer Commission) to engineer scientific support for cannabis’s
Schedule I placement. “I want a goddamn strong statement on marijuana,” Nixon
said in tapes from 1971. “Can I get that out of this sonofabitching, uh,
domestic council? … I mean one on marijuana that just tears the ass out of
them.”
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2022 11:26 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: about time
It was for a while, simply because hemp & is the same plant with lower
cultivated levels of THC. It was my impression that it had been legally
distinguished years ago, but honestly I haven't really paid attention to the
issue.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 10/8/2022 10:01 AM, Robert wrote:
Pot wasn't the issue, hemp was, it was a big competitor to cotton. Actually
made longer lasting fabrics for industrial uses...
On 10/8/22 9:34 AM, Jason McKemie wrote:
Hearst had a rather large part in making it illegal in the first place, but
I'm guessing it was politically expedient for a few people.
On Saturday, October 8, 2022, Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
How did pot ever get put on sch 1 in the first place?
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2022 8:35 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: about time
I talked to my nephew yesterday, and he told me it was a sting operation.
His friend had 3 ounces, and the fed asked to "buy some". They sent him up for
10 years and he got out in 8. At the time he was 21 years old.
IMO, the whole drug classification system is broken, and is mostly a tail
wagging the dog operation.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 10/8/2022 2:23 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
My guy was in Nevada state prison as I recall. He said it was due to
the three strikes law and was due to pot possession. I presumed with intent to
distribute. I always thought it was a shame. No idea if he was telling the
truth. Was an employee, was on probation at the time. He was a thief and
stole from the company but I handled that internally in an attempt to help him
out. In the end he screwed himself.
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On Oct 7, 2022, at 10:53 PM, Cameron Crum mailto:cc...@murcevilo.com
wrote:
I would tend to agree with this, steve. If you're in federal prison
for marijuana it's because you got busted for a quantity that was enough to
distribute. You may have pled down to simple possession to avoid having to go
to trial where you probably would have gotten a much larger sentence but the
feds aren't out making traffic stops and busting people for having a dime bag
in their car. Anyway, presidents can pardon whoever they want for whatever
reason they want. This is a vote buy plain and simple. If Congress wants to
change the law then it's up to them, but this is pandering at best and does
nothing to stop it going forward after this soft on crime administration leaves
office. Congress should get off their ass and change the law or people should
pay for doing the crimes. That's how it's supposed to work.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 11:49 PM Steve Jones <st...@togservice.com>
wrote:
Nobody goes to federal prison for just simple possession of
marijuana. I so hate that tripe. Just like the third striker who went up for
life for stealing a pack of gum. He went for committing too many crimes and
still stealing gum when he knew the consequenses
First of you go to prison for felonies, not misdemeanors. So theres
no "simple possession" it's a word game to make it sou d like Johnny quire boy
got 10 large for a joint. No, Johnny had carry weight and got nabbed cause hes
not very good at being a criminal.
I'll be glad when they decide whether the classification of
marijuana is a mid term or 2024 vote purchase so this is all behind us anyway.
It's sad that something that should ha e been changed decades ago
keeps being pocketed as a hail mary for a losing election team
On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 9:05 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
Brother of a friend got sentenced for simple possession, went to
the big house and raped by white supremists.. joined them to keep from getting
killed, got aids and then used as a pawn by same WS and convicted of
threatening the governor.. So wrong on so many levels...
On 10/6/22 5:29 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
I know a guy that got life for weed under the three strikes law
back in the late 1980s. Last time he saw me he said: “fuck chuck, you can
kill somebody and only get 15 years. This is crazy” I don’t know if he ever
got out.
From: Darin Steffl
Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2022 6:00 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: about time
Took long enough. No one should be in prison for simple
possession of weed. It turns non-violent criminals into something worse than
that. I'm sure it's traumatizing for those incarcerated for something that
didn't hurt anyone.
Why put people in prison for weed but sentence people way less
time, or not at all, for physical abuse, battery, sex crimes, etc? It's sick!
We see too many black people in prison for weed but white
people get charged less or are released on probation for rape with evidence.
Particularly, young white men who "have a future" and the judge wouldn't want
to ruin their life. Forget about the woman they raped, it's just boys being
boys.
Obviously not every judge is a shit head racist, but some of
them are and they should be weeded out. The US incarcerates way too many people
as a whole.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 4:44 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com>
wrote:
My nephew has a close friend who was sent up 8 years for
possession of 2
or 3 ounces of weed. I think he got a couple years off for
good behavior
or something, but the kid wasn't even 21.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/06/statement-from-president-biden-on-marijuana-reform/
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