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Mastercard Move at Cannabis Shops Intensifies Call for US Decriminalization (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mastercard's recent decision to prohibit the use of its debit cards at cannabis dispensaries highlights the challenges facing the legal marijuana industry. While the SAFE Banking Act would protect banks that work with cannabis businesses, it would not address the underlying issue of marijuana's federal illegality which was Mastercard's stated reason for the policy change. Advocates argue that comprehensive federal cannabis reform through decriminalization and legalization is ultimately needed to resolve these financial and banking issues plaguing the legal marijuana industry. Mastercard's move demonstrates that piecemeal reforms are insufficient and that full federal decriminalization is the only sustainable solution.

I hope in my lifetime we will see federal decriminalization. Enough already!

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

legality hasnt stopped them from refusing to process payments for pornhub.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is also why Tumblr maintains it's ban on porn, Visa and Mastercard exclusively process their own cards, and wield that as a weapon against what they don't like.

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