Chris Goldstein

Some jobs make money, other jobs make Change #marijuana #cannabis. Priors on-air @ksfrnews, podcast/comms @NORML, columnist @PhillyInquirer, adjunct @TempleUniv

[Chris Goldstein @freedomisgreen]

A single arrest for a few grams of cannabis can have a lifetime of consequences

Why is Pennsylvania still arresting 30 people every day for marijuana possession?

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cannabis price fixing in New Jersey

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@jfberke All the MAGA down in Florida like cannabis a lot.

But, Grinch Bondi, who lives just North of Orlando, does not.

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we could have had a president who wants to legalize cannabis...instead we have a fence sitting tyrant

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tens of millions of Americans from every party have voted in favor of cannabis legalization ... and we're all still waiting for national leaders to wholeheartedly back reform instead of sit on fences

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major hurdles to modern cannabis legalization:

- corporatization + opaque lobbying
- perceived legal ambiguity ("hemp" etc)
- old stigmas
- police friendly politicians
- police unions
- moderate Democrats + maga Republicans

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groundbreaking testimony in May 2025 before the New Jersey Assembly Oversight Committee about laboratory issues and labeling fraud in regulated cannabis products https://t.co/pmTkIHu77M

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tyranny often occurs when civil societies fail to control the ultra-wealthy

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Vice President Kamala Harris said "We need to legalize marijuana" in the White House --- I was there.

Harris was always up front about having a personal history with the plant too.

Donald Trump has reportedly never consumed cannabis and remains on the fence about legalization.

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Reading recently joined more than 90 cities in Pennsylvania that have decriminalized marijuana possession

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I'm quoted in this recent in-depth look into GOP politics around cannabis legalization in Pennsylvania via
@SpotlightPA

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@cantripguy full disclosure; I'm a ridiculously liberal Quaker and registered Dem.

Agree S3 extremely unlikely to occur with Trump.

However Biden/Harris did actually file all the paperwork for cannabis rescheduling - technically it's still an ongoing case.

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btw folks, Matt Gaetz is wrong.

If Trump goes to SIII (highly unlikely) then he's just maintaining prohibition and Democrats just get to win it all back with descheduling.

Here's how it works {https://t.co/Zwk8mLpebM}

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@cantripguy so far, politically, in my experience (like Pennsylvania right now) Republicans and MAGA have fought cannabis reform at the state and federal level.

Democrats have largely pushed forward cannabis reform.

However, after legalization, GOP crowd seems happy to get into business.

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“These stores are a product of prohibition,” = my quote to @PhillyInquirer about recent secret shopper lab testing on local products labeled as "hemp"

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@jamiecampbell you must be new to this...

MORE Act = deschedules cannabis; passed a US House floor vote in 2021...if only the Senate would take it up...

but they are just too busy assisting tyranny...

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@jamiecampbell made this meme for you...in 2024...

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@Mikeyd5643 the STATES act language is kind of funny, as it deschedules cannabis between states but only IF the states have legalized it already...

Seems like a bad federal policy for a plant imo.

Just deschedule cannabis federally. Period.

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States that regulate cannabis for medical or adult-use ignore the the CSA entirely in relation to the plant...just to operate.

Thus, any move to SIII would be have zero impact on those programs.

Deschedule cannabis or maintain prohibition.

Those are the two federal options.

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10/ De-scheduling cannabis means removing it from the Controlled Substances Act entirely.

Not a huge ask since alcohol and tobacco were NEVER in the CSA.

The US House passed the MORE Act in 2021, and descheduling is a core action of the bill.

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get ready for a meme history of Donald Trump and weed 🧵🪡😇 1/

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9/ During the 2024 campaign Trump indicated he might follow the Biden/Harris lead and move to SIII.

This week Trump seemed to back that same position with a typically rambling statement ...

Still, rescheduling will likely have zero impact on existing state cannabis programs