9 bills have been proposed that would legalize marijuana in Indiana
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🗓️ 15 January 2024
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| 0:00.0 | There are currently nine different bills that have been introduced that include marijuana or cannabis in their titles. |
| 0:06.4 | Most are aimed at legalizing the plant in some capacity. |
| 0:10.6 | Never going to happen, Casey. It will not happen as long as lockdown McGee is running the show. |
| 0:15.7 | The Indiana legislature said several years ago that they are, and their actions have certainly backed |
| 0:20.6 | us up, that they are totally subservient to Lord Eric the Red on |
| 0:26.2 | this issue and most other issues as well and it's absolutely pathetic but hopefully next year, new governor will be in place, someone to likely |
| 0:42.0 | disappoint us in spectacular fashion, but maybe one of the things they won't |
| 0:45.9 | disappoint us on is having some common sense reforms as it relates to at least legal access to legal medical cannabis in the state of Indiana. |
| 0:57.0 | So in total, six Republicans and four Democrats have either authored or co-authored legalization bills. |
| 1:05.0 | And recently marijuana has been recommended by scientists for reclassification as a Schedule |
| 1:09.5 | 3 drug at a federal level level but in past years people have cited the proximity to |
| 1:17.2 | other states where cannabis is legal as reasons to have it legalized here in |
| 1:22.0 | Indiana they've also cited different tax revenues like |
| 1:24.9 | Illinois and the money that Michigan makes as incentive to pass similar |
| 1:31.1 | legislation here. |
| 1:32.6 | Yeah, but those things are all secondary because I always say, |
| 1:35.3 | well Illinois, I don't care what Illinois does. |
| 1:37.4 | If Illinois, you know, they have wide open abortion restrictions, right? |
| 1:43.0 | It doesn't mean that we should be like Illinois. |
| 1:45.0 | I've never bought into that argument just because your neighbor does it, |
| 1:48.0 | that you should do it. |
| 1:50.0 | Also, to me, the tax revenue is secondary because all the Republicans do here is use it to grow the government and help their donor and lobbyist friends. |
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