Like I don’t even think it’s a pharma lobby issue anymore. They’ll just acquire nascent marijuana companies. The people around Biden are just that ideological?

Edit: I think @Baoist has a point about this stealing media attention from Covid outbreak and Biden going with herd immunity

  • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    "When I was a boy all we needed to put a spring in our step was some extra foam in our sarsaparilla. Legalize the wacky tabacky? C'mon, man. C'mon, man. That's not right. It's changes your brain. Makes you lazy. The free enterprise system is the greatest system in the history of the world. But how can bees make honey if they're lazy? They can't. No money. No honey. Everybody likes honey. But the hive is quiet and industry suffers. No buzzing."

    "The demon weed is a gateway drug to going to raves. Then you don't listen to your parents. You do meth. You become a junkie. And you question capitalism. In America! Question capitalism! The free enterprise system is the... you know the thing."

    "You could even get kicked out of the navy and make your dad sad. And then he gets mad. Really, really mad. We can't have that. It's wrong. Just plain wrong..."