2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: CBS poll: 51% of Millennials voting either Republican or Libertarian (white women only 49%) [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Just a friendly suggestion.
It's interesting that we dont see this sort of broad-brushed nastiness thrown at the older voters who skew strongly for Trump. Hmmm.
But I digress. If we really want to get into the weeds (so to speak) of cannabis policy, changing the scheduling from I to II does essentially nothing to reconcile the conflict between federal law and state law, not just on recreational but also medical.
Far more crucial from a policy standpoint is Hillary's verbal commitment to let states act as "labratories of democracy", although eventually federal law is going to need to be fixed. There is also the matter of allowing cannabis businesses access to the banking system. Of course, our platform calls for a "reasonable pathway to legalization" (thanks, Bernie!) but of course we all know that platforms have a mostly symbolic policy role.
What is really going to make a difference is if (when) California passes prop 64. 50 million Americans- the entire West Coast- will have legalization as a functional reality. "facts on the ground", so to speak.
Then the East Coasters who are only dimly aware that there seem to be quite a few people living somewhere out there past all those mountains, are going to need to start to take this issue with the seriousness it deserves.