You Can’t Believe Every News Story Going Around, Some Are Just Made Up; But Is This One True?

by CrisEricson2016 | Op/Ed | 1555 Views

How can anyone in the USA be held in a local jail or a prison for any amount of marijuana possession or sales, while United States Senator Bernie Sanders campaign for President is allegedly receiving money from marijuana sales?
http://www.fec.gov

Portland Pot Shops Are Selling Joints to Raise Money for Bernie Sanders.

A cannabis company in Portland, Oregon is the latest marijuana business to raise money for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders has been the most outspoken in terms of marijuana reform,  drawing support from all corners of the industry.

http://www.hightimes.com

Comments | 2

  • Submitted by CrisEricson2016 on March 6, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    Why are "stars" like Bernie exempt from federal pot laws?

    THIS CAN’T BE TRUE UNLESS THE DONATIONS ARE LISTED ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION
    COMMISSION WEBSITE; BUT IF IT IS TRUE, AND THE DONATIONS ARE NOT LISTED,
    THEN THAT’S AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. http://www.fec.gov

    http://www.hightimes.com/read/portland-pot-shops-are-selling-joints-raise-money-bernie-sanders
    Portland Pot Shops Are Selling Joints to Raise Money for Bernie Sanders
    By Mona Zhang
    Mona Zhang is a New York-based writer and editor of the cannabis newsletter
    Word on the Tree. Follow her on Twitter @ZhangMona.
    · Fri Mar 04, 2016
    …cannabis company in Portland, Oregon is the latest marijuana business
    to raise money for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders….
    Sanders has been the most outspoken in terms of marijuana reform,
    …Dispensaries Foster Buds and Glisan Buds…
    are partnering with marijuana grower
    Farmer 12 for its “Burn One for Bernie” campaign.
    … selling special one-gram joints for $10 apiece
    and will donate 10 percent of sales to the Sanders campaign…
    … a Portland-based pipe company announced its “Burners for Bernie”
    set of ceramic pipes and is donating 10 percent of the proceeds to the Sanders campaign…
    … legality of such efforts are questionable…
    …Sanders has publicly disavowed super PACs,
    he can’t stop his supporters from setting them up in his favor…
    …support for him from the marijuana industry will likely continue to grow….

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