Sentences with phrase «legalization debate»

New York City's Public Advocate Letitia James joins us to share her take on the marijuana legalization debate.

That is because I consider those points alien to the legalization debate, and using them misguided at best and dishonest at worst.

Tvert says it's «not really a matter of Republicans versus Democrats» because there are members of either party who are «more progressive» on the legalization debate than others, «but public attitudes are clearly shifting... and it's only a matter of time before that is reflected in laws nationwide.»

We don't see it being discussed in any of the states where they are engaged in legalization debates and I think it needs to be.

Not exact matches

The ongoing public debate over the legalization of assisted suicide draws participants whose primary concern is not the issue itself but who find it the ideal occasion to advance collateral social initiatives.

We could call this problem the «legalization» of debate, meaning not whether something is legal, but instead the conversion of moral, social, religious, and other dimensions of an issue into legal, or legalistic, terms, or at least the neglect of them because of a focus on what the judges will say.

«Pat Robertson's clearly stated and well - reasoned comments throw a curve ball into the growing debate over legalizing marijuana,» said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the pro-marijuana legalization Drug Policy Alliance, in a statement Thursday.

Marijuana legalization in Colorado and other states has restarted the debate on the benefits and ill effects of «weed.»

During the 2006 gubernatorial campaign, then - AG Eliot Spitzer surprised some members of his own staff by coming out against the legalization of medical marijuana during a pre-primary debate with fellow Democrat and then - Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi.

Politicians are increasingly backing recreational policies as neighboring states debate their own legalization bills.

As Massachusetts plans to start sales this fall, and other states debate legalization, fewer lawmakers are looking at her like she is crazy, she said.

Regardless of actual effects of the drug itself, the issue of legalization / prohibition is mainly an issue of people that see the marihuana use as part of a lifestyle they want / they do not want and that is what fuels the debate.

The debate over legalization of medical marijuana could become one of the high profile issues lawmakers tackle.

The Assembly debate over the mixed - martial arts legalization was, as expected, a rollicking one with lawmakers decrying violence and even comparing it to gay porn.

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's Democratic - led Assembly on Monday waded into the debate over marijuana legalization, drawing hours of testimony both for and against making it available.

The debate comes as state lawmakers consider Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a study of the statewide legalization of marijuana.

The Catholic lobby, which opposed the legalization of same sex marriage, ultimately found themselves on the losing side of that debate.

The debate over the legalization of medical marijuana is still a «smoking» issue.

«I think it is time to look at what the economic impact of legalization could mean for the budget and we could have a real debate on what legalization could mean,» she said.

However, the recent court battles over the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which only recognizes matrimony between one man and one woman; Proposition 8, which banned same sex marriages in California; and the legalization of same sex marriages in other states and Washington, D.C., shows that culturally a debate is happening.

Suppose we chose drug legalization as our topic, in an attempt to understand public opinion about this fascinating debate in American politics.

But beyond these core questions — and aside from the fact that Canadian public opinion is shifting in favour of legalization at an astonishing pace — there is another facet to the debate that tends to get lost in the noise: The challenge of setting up an entire regulatory framework for a brand new industry.

Here at Legal Blog Watch, we've covered many different angles on the debate about the legalization of marijuana, which is on the ballot in California next week.

Although there is a very spirited debate in Canadian society about the decriminalization or even legalization of marijuana, police and the federal prosecution service continue to crack down on all manner of drug offences, including simple possession, possession for the purposes of trafficking, trafficking, production, importation and related money offences like laundering and proceeds of crime.