Democrats want to Legalize Marijuana

[bwframe]

High-potency cannabis linked to increased risk of psychosis and addiction, study suggests

High potency marijuana is linked to a greater risk of psychosis and addiction, according to new research. The strength of cannabis has increased in the past half century.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/well/mind/teens-thc-cannabis.html

High-strength cannabis linked to addiction and mental health problems

Largest ever study into the health effects of different types of cannabis highlights concerns about stronger forms of the drug.

www.sciencedaily.com

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[phylodog]

Wow, that’s crazy. So if you use too much you can get addicted or cause other problems? Glad they’re keeping it a schedule 1 at the federal level, we don’t need that kind of terrifying death shrub out on the streets. I’ll stick with the much safer Sch 2 substances which don’t have these problems, you know things that don’t come from pants and are medicine like cocaine and methamphetamine.

 

[KLB]

 

[bwframe]

California's illegal pot business is booming

Ever since California legalized pot in 2016, it has been a disaster for the pot industry and for law enforcement, which continues to bust illegal growers and dispensaries.

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Police say legalizing pot in California has emboldened criminals | Fox News Video

Fox News’ William La Jeunesse on the criminal activity that has resulted from legalizing pot in California

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[edporch]

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California's illegal pot business is booming

Ever since California legalized pot in 2016, it has been a disaster for the pot industry and for law enforcement, which continues to bust illegal growers and dispensaries.

www.foxnews.com

Police say legalizing pot in California has emboldened criminals | Fox News Video

Fox News’ William La Jeunesse on the criminal activity that has resulted from legalizing pot in California

www.foxnews.com

I don't know, but I would guess that it's still illegal in California for individuals to grow their own pot for their own use, similar to how it's legal to make beer and wine for one's own use.

So it's a simple fact of economics that people will vote with their wallets and buy pot from illegal growers than pay way more for highly taxed legal pot.

The only thing that has a chance of taking a bite out of the illegal growers profits is to make it legal for individuals to grow their own pot for their own use, but keep dealing in it still illegal unless licensed.

 

[pmbiker]

I don't know, but I would guess that it's still illegal in California for individuals to grow their own pot for their own use, similar to how it's legal to make beer and wine for one's own use.

Its not. In states where it has been deemed recreationally legal there are provisions for how much a person can grow at their residence.

So it's a simple fact of economics that people will vote with their wallets and buy pot from illegal growers than pay way more for highly taxed legal pot.

Taxed and legal doesn't equal expensive. Black market and dispensary prices are quite comparable.

The only thing that has a chance of taking a bite out of the illegal growers profits is to make it legal for individuals to grow their own pot for their own use, but keep dealing in it still illegal unless licensed.

Engaging in an argument with bwframe is similar to hitting yourself in the crotch with a hammer. Mostly painful and unproductive..... proceed with caution.

 

[BugI02]

I don't know, but I would guess that it's still illegal in California for individuals to grow their own pot for their own use, similar to how it's legal to make beer and wine for one's own use.

So it's a simple fact of economics that people will vote with their wallets and buy pot from illegal growers than pay way more for highly taxed legal pot.

The only thing that has a chance of taking a bite out of the illegal growers profits is to make it legal for individuals to grow their own pot for their own use, but keep dealing in it still illegal unless licensed.

I have relatives in Cali that do grow their own. It is legal to do so, but near impossible to buy the seeds - mainly because the primary products are proprietary strains and grown as sinsemilla. So no seeds in the commercial product, what seeds might be available are for inferior product and the state doesn't allow the import of seeds under agricultural regulation. Seeds can be gotten but it is very gray market

 

[bwframe]

California expands eradication of illegal marijuana farms undercutting legal cannabis economy

With California's four-year-old legal marijuana market in disarray, the state's top prosecutor said Tuesday that he will try a new broader approach to disrupting illegal pot farms that undercut the legal economy and sow widespread environmental damage.

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[indyblue]

California expands eradication of illegal marijuana farms undercutting legal cannabis economy

With California's four-year-old legal marijuana market in disarray, the state's top prosecutor said Tuesday that he will try a new broader approach to disrupting illegal pot farms that undercut the legal economy and sow widespread environmental damage.

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I can actually go along with this, many of those illegal grows definitely trash the landscape and reside in sensitive areas.

 

[bwframe]

Ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional, judge rules

Lawyers argued second amendment right was violated by law that makes it illegal for ‘unlawful users of controlled substances’ to possess firearms

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[BugI02]

Marijuana is safer than alcohol. Change my mind.

Heroin is 'safer' than fentanyl, it is a distinction without a difference

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Heroin is 'safer' than fentanyl, it is a distinction without a difference

Apples and oranges. Compare and contrast fatal fentanyl overdoses, fatal heroin overdoses, fatal alcohol poisonings/overdoses and fatal marijuana overdoses and get back to me.

 

[BugI02]

Apples and oranges. Compare and contrast fatal fentanyl overdoses, fatal heroin overdoses, fatal alcohol poisonings/overdoses and fatal marijuana overdoses and get back to me.

'safer' =/= 'safe', one is a relative term and one is an endpoint

The need to classify something as 'safer' merely points out neither is 'safe'

 

[DoggyDaddy]

'safer' =/= 'safe', one is a relative term and one is an endpoint

The need to classify something as 'safer' merely points out neither is 'safe'

And the need to classify marijuana the same as heroin and fentanyl is flat out wrong. There is no comparison. Classifying alcohol the same as heroin and fentanyl would be closer to the truth. In fact, I think I've seen it said that if alcohol was invented today, it would be classified the same as fentanyl and heroin.

 

[BugI02]

And if getting lifted had been as popular as alcohol with the founding fathers it would be accepted more widely and thus have remained legal or at least less regulated, but alas ...

 

[jamil]

Heroin is 'safer' than fentanyl, it is a distinction without a difference

Which one is which? Is the fentanyl the alcohol or the MJ? I'm just trying to judge the scale of just how wild ass you intended the simile.

 

[jamil]

'safer' =/= 'safe', one is a relative term and one is an endpoint

The need to classify something as 'safer' merely points out neither is 'safe'

Water is safer than wine.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

And if getting lifted had been as popular as alcohol with the founding fathers it would be accepted more widely and thus have remained legal or at least less regulated, but alas ...

Which is why it wasn't made illegal until the founding fathers were dead and buried.

 

[Ziggidy]

I wonder if Biden gets weed legal in the states he will win a 2nd term? Seems to work in other areas.

Just sayin'.

 

[mmpsteve]

And if getting lifted had been as popular as alcohol with the founding fathers it would be accepted more widely and thus have remained legal or at least less regulated, but alas ...

Say what you will, but this gentleman didn't get to lookin like this by smoking tobacco.

I wonder which one hit the states first, MJ or hashish?




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