Blue state insanity: break laws, get rewarded

...so, you're upset because people who were convicted of something that is now legal will get to do it legally?

Makes sense. You don't want amateurs in the game. Think of it as union membership.

;)

Not limit, just given priority, as in they get first in line.
The whole permit thing is stupid, but that's the situ.

OK, I'm liberal, and this law is stupid.

ikr?
It used to be that discriminating against any group of people was bad. Then it suddenly became good, in the blue states and in the universities. Ask the Asians, if you don't believe me. But this shit is just crazy!

LInk?

never mind found one ... https://cannabisindustry.co.uk/2022/03/10/ny-to-limit-marijuana-permit-eligibility-to-those-convicted-of-pot-related-offenses-new-york-post/

The knee jerk reaction after the George Floyd killing was to legalize or decriminalize everything that blacks do, based on blue state stereotypes and racism. (Law abiding black families would necessarily be victimized by the increase in crime, but nobody in the blue states cares about them because 'they ain't black'!)

That led to all kinds of horrible policy initiatives, such as no-bail laws for anything short of murder cases.
But this shit really mystifies me. In terms of public policy, it elevates ex-cons - as a class of people - over entrepreneurs, solely for the purpose of operating businesses.

Granted, insanity is the de facto, overarching public policy in blue states. But what sense does this make? And won't there be endless litigation by non-ex-cons, i.e. law-abiding people, who are being blatantly discriminated against?!

It's crazy!

Legalizing marijuana has been a trend years before Floyd, and those getting it for so-called 'medical' reasons are primarily of what background again?