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90 Minutes

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Why is 90 minutes so important?  It is about the average run time of a movie.  It is the allotted time for a regulation soccer match.  Ninety minutes is probably the length of your bosses lunch break.  On Wednesday night, it represents the amount of time Americans have to formulate their opinion on who they will be casting their vote for the United States Presidency.

For political junkies the presidential debates offer a breath of fresh air.  This is where the two candidates will actually be face to face and respond to each other.  The system is not perfect, but this true reality show offers more than the same campaign speech rehashed over and over again to a receptive crowd.  They certainly are not perfect, as many important topics will be skipped over, but in this age of hiding behind talking points, Wednesday’s 90 minutes may be the closest thing we get to an intellectual conversation about fixing this country.

Unfortunately for marijuana activists, it is unlikely that the “M” word will even be muttered during the 90 minutes.  Even as politicians and residents remain sharply divided on medical marijuana dispensary raids, this issue will continue to be avoided.  Though elections are won and lost on the issues, we never seem capable of moving forward.  Roe V. Wade was decided 40 years ago, yet we are sure to hear the two men in suits talk at length about abortion rights.  School vouchers, tax rates, the deficit, and tort reform, are all important but have dominated debate questions for many elections now.  Instead of tackling a new age issue in marijuana reform, we are likely going to be relegated to hearing about the same old issues.

One would think that in 90 minutes, there surely is time to talk about those who struggling, about compassionate relief.  Well if 90 minutes is too short for that, perhaps the wasted money and lives on the war on drugs can be fit in? Hmm,no?  Certainly all of the lives (many of them teens) that are ruined by incarcerations linked to low level marijuana possession will get its day in the sun.  Again you say no?    Then personal freedom, in a country founded on the very principle should definitely spring marijuana into the presidential debate.  Of course a discussion on returning rights and liberties to the people likely has virtually no chance of taking place whether the debate is 90 minutes or 90 days.

 

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Mitt Romney Secures Enough Votes with Win in Texas to become GOP Nominee

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Although thought to be a foregone conclusion, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has secured the GOP nomination for the 2012 presidential election.  The race has been all but official for some time now as other GOP candidates such as Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Perry had already exited the primaries.  Long time marijuana supporter, Ron Paul has remained in the race.  Romney will accept the party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention, which is to be held in Tampa Florida during late August.

Mitt Romney now will turn his focus squarely on his run against President Barack Obama.  The road has been long for Romney who attempted a failed candidacy in 2008  only to lose to the popular senator from Arizona, John McCain.  In a statement Romney said “Our party has come together with the goal of putting the failures of the last three and a half years behind us, I have no illusions about the difficulties of the task before us. But whatever challenges lie ahead, we will settle for nothing less than getting America back on the path to full employment and prosperity.” Mitt Romney has and will likely to continue his attacks on the president regarding the economy.

Should he secure the presidency, Americans will hope to see Romney keep his word to fix the the economy.  Although job reports and GDP numbers seem to be improving, the economy is fluctuating and with the impending doom of the Greek economy, and continued reports on the European Debt Crisis, Romney may still have his political opening.

Supporters of marijuana legal reform have their own ideas as to how Mitt Romney can accomplish this. Marijuana and even economic advocates would hope that he would pursues decriminalization and taxation measures that could tremendously boost the economy.  This year’s presidential election is already proving to be monumental and cannabis reform does not appear to be going away.  Judging by the Oregon race for Attorney General, candidates may no longer be able to turn their backs on the issue.  Although the candidates will talk about the important standard issues such as tax rates, immigration reform, maintaining or overturning Roe V. Wade, one issue is emerging as the American consensus issue.  At about 75% approval, medical marijuana is more popular than any living or recently deceased president.  At this point both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama would be happy enough to enjoy the same popularity as legalization of recreational cannabis, which hovers above either candidates approval rating at 56%.

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Important Occasions- The Birth Of Marijuana Decriminalization

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As current occasions unfold, we viewed regular updates and produce important news for you.  It’s also vital that you highlight past developments to be able to possess a true outlook during marijuana law within the U . s . States.  While the thought of decriminalization is breaking through cities from coast to coast in an effort to cope with our current economy, it has really been happening for near to 4 decades.

Whilst not typically regarded as an advocate for marijuana reform, Richard Nixon unintentionally might have provided the first spark for any effective decriminalization campaign.  In 1972 he commissioned research on marijuana use in the National Commission on Marijuana and Substance Abuse.  The commission discovered that marijuana prohibition may really be unconstitutional.  The commission also mentioned the legislative branch from the U . s . States government were built with a responsibility to obey the Metabolic rate.  These claims happen to be championed by advocates for many years who’ve searched for to possess marijuana removed as schedule 1 drug.

Following a discharge of the commission’s findings a brand new check out marijuana law began to consider form.  In 1973, Or grew to become the very first condition to change their laws and regulations and decriminalize marijuana.  Having 1 ounce or less yields a possible $500-$1000 fine.  Or opened up the ton gates and inside a couple of many years of passing their new laws and regulations Alaska, Colorado, California, Mississippi, New You are able to, Nebraska, New York, and Ohio all passed some type of cannabis decriminalization.

Because the push for marijuana reform progresses you should observe that this is a decades lengthy progression.  Even though some social issues have single land mark cases( Roe v. Wade, or Brown v. Board of your practice ) most legal victories within the U . s . States are the effect of a number of occasions.  Return soon once we still reveal important occasions in marijuana history.

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