>And both Republican and Democratic in Congress have signaled a more lenient approach to recruits’ marijuana use — which is legal for recreational use in almost half of the U.S. and legal for medical use in the majority of states.
I wish people would be more precise. Marijuana is still a schedule one controlled substance in every single state. In theory you can get a year in federal prison for possession of trace amounts. In no state is Marijuana _legal._
>And both Republican and Democratic in Congress have signaled a more lenient approach to recruits’ marijuana use — which is legal for recreational use in almost half of the U.S. and legal for medical use in the majority of states.
I wish people would be more precise. Marijuana is still a schedule one controlled substance in every single state. In theory you can get a year in federal prison for possession of trace amounts. In no state is Marijuana _legal._
They gonna have to waive a lot more
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