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lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts)
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 08:05 PM Jun 2018

4 Civil Rights You Lose By Using Legal Marijuana

hightimes.com

One out of five Americans now lives in a state or district where the possession and use of marijuana is legal for all adults. However, marijuana being legal there doesn’t change the fact that many of your civil liberties are forfeited once you light up that legal doobie.

https://hightimes.com/culture/civil-rights-lose-using-legal-marijuana/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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4 Civil Rights You Lose By Using Legal Marijuana (Original Post) lordsummerisle Jun 2018 OP
It isn't "legal for all adults" in those areas because it is still illegal at the federal level... PoliticAverse Jun 2018 #1
If it's legal at the state level lordsummerisle Jun 2018 #3
Thanks for posting...scary but I knew about several of the limitations... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #2
But safeinOhio Jun 2018 #4
Yeah really, plus more...nt SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #5

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. It isn't "legal for all adults" in those areas because it is still illegal at the federal level...
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 08:11 PM
Jun 2018

which is where the gist of the article comes from.


SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
2. Thanks for posting...scary but I knew about several of the limitations...
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 08:11 PM
Jun 2018

It's ironic that those who drink a lot have all of these rights still regardless of how heavy they drink. Perhaps one day it'll be totally in sync w/ alcohol use, but I suspect it will take decades more.

Take care...

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