Legal marijuana sales forecast to hit $23B in 4 years

Post by HeyLaughingBoy » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 6:57 PM UTC

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I've never been sure what the difference between physical and psychological addiction is supposed to mean anyway. What we call psychology is a complex of physiological processes. What matters is that marijuana accounts for 17% of rehab admission, more than any other drug with the exception of alcohol. Cute sophistries that we're also addicted to coffee or air will not change the fact that this "psychological" marijua…

Judge asks "jail or rehab?" "Jail, your honor", said no one ever. > Rehab stats for weed have nothing to do with addiction. Primary marijuana admissions were less likely than all admissions combined to be self- or individually referred to treatment (18 vs. 37 percent). Primary marijuana admissions were most likely to be referred by a criminal justice source (52 percent) [Table 2.6]. page 21 http://www.samhsa.gov/data…

Post by tn13 » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 10:30 PM UTC

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madaxe_again wrote: post #79

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That generation grew up earnestly believing that a single toke would drive you irrevocably insane, to murder, to rape, to jump from a tenth story window. Watch "Reefer Madness" - it's reflective of the mindset these policymakers grew up with. If you want to understand where that mindset ultimately came from, look at the history of cocaine prohibition - it boils down to racial politics.

No one smart ever believed that. Dumb people believed (and still do) that. Politicians just seized the opportunity to score some points. Same thing happens now with different topics.