We’re a little late reporting this, but back on April 24th Congressman Lacy Clay (D-St. Louis) added his name to Rep. Barney Frank’s House Resolution 5843, which would eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use.
Clay joined Republican Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul as the only other co-sponsor of the obviously controversial measure.
Here’s the text of the bill language:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no penalty may be imposed under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use, or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use. For the purposes of this section, possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana shall be presumed to be for personal use, as shall the not-for-profit transfer of one ounce or less of marijuana, except that the civil penalty provided in section 405 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844a) may be imposed for the public use of marijuana if the amount of the penalty does not exceed $100.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I support this resolution and hope it doesn’t go “Up In Smoke”!
May 6th, 2008 at 2:28 am
Right now, there is a lot of personal use of gonja going on within the limits of 100 grams! Gangsters, drug dealers and thugs will support getting high than a mothersucker, of course for personal use! Roll dem papers and fire dat joint up will be the new law! Get high! Get high! Get high!
May 6th, 2008 at 8:58 am
They also agree on a few other things, like ending the war in Iraq and lifting the trade embargo against Cuba.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 was only passed in order to control the dangerous classes, those being the politically active blacks, whites, and youths which were rebelling against Nixon’s fascist war and America’s gross hypocrisies. Rather than address these problems, the dictatorial J. Edgar Hoover suggested to Nixon the criminalization of drugs. The modern rationale for our “War on Drugs (People of Color)” is very similar in that it’s mainly used to promote the prison industrial complex and the destruction of the inner city minorities, lest they become too strong and challenge the white elitist hegemony that runs this country.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
If I don’t get redistricted out of the First I may need some dope to be able to stand the next ten years.