SENATE BILL: Consistency in Drug Enforcement Bill (Redraft Rejected/Law'd)

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If anyone has a better way to word this, I'm open for suggestions, but the basis of the bill is simple.

Consistency in Drug Enforcement Bill

1. No municipality within Atlasia may prohibit the sale or consumption of alcohol, including restrictions on the basis of which day of the week such products are sold.


You guys should also look into requiring packaging warnings to inform the casual user of the danger of addiction, damage to health, and death due to alcohol abuse.

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I object to Talleyrand's amendment.    If we are going to require a warning label of the sort suggested, it should be something that the maker is able to just stick on their product without having to guess and wait for bureaucratic approval.

You could make it like cigarette warnings where the alcohol manufacturers will already be aware of the warnings and have to design their labels accordingly.

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*puts the rum bottle down* I raise an objection to the bill. Several counties are dry for numerous regions which does not include bible thumping. Numerous Native American/Atlasian and Alaska Native communities are dry due to the fact that alcohol abuse has historically been rampant in Native American communities. Furthermore, Native Americans are pre-disposed to alcoholism. Although I am certainly not a fan of dry counties, I wanted members to be aware of some of the cultural implications and sensitivities around this.

I don't think this would effect Native American reservations, so I doubt it will have that much of a cultural impact.

Reservation are located within counties and due have municipalities which this law mandates must allow the sale of alcohol.

That can be easily fixed by providing an exemption for municipalities under independent tribal control.

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I don't understand why certain substances would be included in this amendment while leaving out cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, etc.

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I don't understand why certain substances would be included in this amendment while leaving out cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, etc.

The substances I included are those that are currently legal under Atlasian law, as per the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 2013. Hard drugs remain decriminalized, but are not legal at the federal level.

OK, thanks for clarifying that.  I was sort of mystified as to how MDMA would fit into the 'harmless' substances category (then again, neither should alcohol), but a legal distinction makes sense.

If these substances are legal - shouldn't they all be sold with warnings of some sort relaying potential mental and/or physical damage?  It is only fair to the user.

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I'm having trouble finding the current language. What is it?

edit: okay, it looks like this was the last amendment adopted:

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I'm voting NAY on the cloture motion.   The tribal control issue was never resolved, since all the amendments that had it in it were voted down for other reasons.

The first clause was also changed to:

1. No municipality within Atlasia may prohibit the sale or consumption of alcohol, including restrictions on the basis of which day of the week such products are sold.

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I'm having trouble finding the current language. What is it?

edit: okay, it looks like this was the last amendment adopted:

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I'm voting NAY on the cloture motion.   The tribal control issue was never resolved, since all the amendments that had it in it were voted down for other reasons.

The first clause was also changed to:

1. No municipality within Atlasia may prohibit the sale or consumption of alcohol, including restrictions on the basis of which day of the week such products are sold.

Talleyrand's amendment switched it back.

Hmm, I see.  It would be a shame if the specific prohibition of 'blue laws' does not make it to the final draft.

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May I lobby the Senator to also include ", including restrictions on the basis of which day of the week such products are sold" at the conclusion of the first sentence of the first clause?