HG73
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Much worse.Worse, a lawyer.
Much worse.Worse, a lawyer.
My takeaway is that THC was legalized under the premise that it was being prescribed for chronic pain and that the amount of opioid pain meds prescribed/consumed would drop. That was not the case. It’s much more complicated than just that, but that is one approach to the information in the graph.Interesting correlation.
What are we supposed to take from that, is MJ causing increased opioid overdoses? Or that we still aren’t doing a good enough job with over prescribing highly addictive opioids, and helping those who become addicted after being prescribed, and/or addicted via black market sources, AKA the plug?
That’s not true at all. We all pay to take care of them. They do not pay their own way. They are charity care at our hospitals.There should be no law against consumption of any chemical or herb....After all, it only hurts the user/abuser....
That’s not true at all. We all pay to take care of them. They do not pay their own way. They are charity care at our hospitals.
Can you grow pot in Texas?
Legally?Sure
Where does NORMLFROG stand on this issue?
Legally?
No. So why can they grow it in Colorado and Oklahoma ? Is this bill going to change the status of growing real weed in Texas ?Is hemp “pot” by your definition?
I'm sure all of the people in South and Central America totally agree with this.There should be no law against consumption of any chemical or herb....After all, it only hurts the user/abuser....
The US legalizing drugs would be the best thing to happen to places ruled by cartels ... or it would have been 20 years ago. Now the cartels are too deeply entrenched in legitimate businesses as well as drugs to be killed off by the US market losing interest.I'm sure all of the people in South and Central America totally agree with this.
Absolutely. Whether you're for or against legalization, the idea that it will reduce the black market trade in these substances is totally false. The margin on the illegal trade is so much higher and those who are currently in it are not going to suddenly start doing everything legally while seeing their profits cut in half. There will ALWAYS be illegal trafficking and selling of all these things.I was living in CO when recreational use marijuana was legalized and I was living in OK when medical was legalized. The interesting piece in these bills that people miss is that they all allow card holding residents to grow a small number of plants for “self consumption”. This little piece of adder in these bills means that the black market for weed is actually as strong or stronger than ever. It is a misconception that legalization kills off the local drug dealer. If I was interested, I could go get weed on the black market 30-40% cheaper than the tax to the hilt weed in the dispensaries. Go into any dispensary in CO and you’ll have a hard time finding a local..It’s just tourist who don’t mind spending their vacation money on gummies and blunts
If it was just about money states would just eliminate the personal growth part and if we’re just about health they wouldn’t need dispensaries. Just let people grow there own for there own consumption and charge a fee. The legalization movement is a farce.
Legalizing drugs here won't stop cartel activities there. Won't even be a blip on the screen for the big cartels and it wouldn't have been 20 years ago either because, legal or not, you can't grow coca in the US anyway.The US legalizing drugs would be the best thing to happen to places ruled by cartels ... or it would have been 20 years ago. Now the cartels are too deeply entrenched in legitimate businesses as well as drugs to be killed off by the US market losing interest.
Of course you can't. It's tropical.Legalizing drugs here won't stop cartel activities there. Won't even be a blip on the screen for the big cartels and it wouldn't have been 20 years ago either because, legal or not, you can't grow coca in the US anyway.
Interesting correlation that doesn't make any sense to me. Does your colleague have a relationship with JNJ, MNK, Purdue?That argument was used years ago in Colorado. That did not work out. The overdose deaths are skyrocketing. A colleague from Colorado just sent me this graph.
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