New Hampshire is the only state in New England that has yet to legalize marijuana. Lawmakers don’t share that same broad enthusiasm for legalization, from the State House to the governor’s office. Are things changing?
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Didn't even know RI legalized it recently. Probably at least 1 or 2 more states will do so this election cycle. Ironic that NH is so libertarian but will be the last NE state to legalize.
Almost nobody is going to get jammed up on this because millions of Americans violate this every day. Think about the sheer volume of Americans who possess guns and the sheer volume of Americans who use weed, regardless of state legality. There is an obvious overlap to the tune of millions. Anecdotally I know a guy in Ohio where I'm from who has both an Ohio MMJ and an Ohio CCW (not that you need the latter anymore). It's also possible that a local police officer enforces this. I've seen episodes of Cops with very different outcomes: In one, the cop charged the suspect with prohibited person in possession of a firearm because they had weed. In another, the cop warned the guy that they shouldn't have both "at the same time" but because he had a valid MMJ card and valid gun license, did not charge him.
But the fed government likes the status quo because they can use it to selectively prosecute people they don't like politically. Like "fpsrussia" who was one of the original YouTube gun channels but got imprisoned for a small amount of hash oil:
FPSRussia - Wikipedia
Or the guy in Texas who was a "nazi" (see they love to throw that word around their political opponents because just like "racist" the accusation is enough that nobody will stick up for you):
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article242354911.html
We've had threads about this before and I believe there was a court case in the 90s involving a drug dealer or otherwise possessor of weed who had a gun, but the government refused to define the time limit of possession. As in, at what point after stopping use or possession can you resume firearm possession? Bill Clinton and Obama both admitted to marijuana use. Are they federally prohibited?