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TexasTowelie

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Tue Dec 17, 2019, 05:23 AM Dec 2019

Indiana resisting marijuana trend of neighboring states

By Tom Davies


INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican Statehouse leaders are firmly against taking any steps toward following neighboring states in legalizing marijuana use during the upcoming legislative session.

They might not be able to avoid talking about it during the 2020 election campaign.

Indiana lawmakers have not seriously debated proposals such as allowing medical marijuana or removing the threat of jail time for possessing small amounts of the drug, even as recreational marijuana sales have won approval in Michigan and Illinois and medical use is allowed in Ohio.

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb says he'll remain opposed as long as the federal government classifies marijuana as a dangerous drug, and the leaders of the GOP-dominated Legislature back him.

Read more: https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/indiana-resisting-marijuana-trend-of-neighboring-states/article_b7ed5688-2033-11ea-bcb1-d71a2ba1198e.html
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Indiana resisting marijuana trend of neighboring states (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP
I'm in Idaho and it's the same deal here. I live just a couple miles from Washington and they brewens Dec 2019 #1

brewens

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1. I'm in Idaho and it's the same deal here. I live just a couple miles from Washington and they
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 06:53 AM
Dec 2019

have shops in the neighboring town.

One of the main obstacles is what I call the "eat shit factor". The rednecks worst fear is that we legalize and nothing much happens. That blows up all their bullshit since the 60's.

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