Surely, companies will be able to use regular POS systems, as this becomes more and more legal? And the more legal it becomes, the less market this company has...
Meadow is the Amazon of weed
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Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed
#32Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…
I use medical marijuana to treat anxiety and back pain. It's effective. I also have a PhD in biophysics with a specialty in drug design so if you want to talk about the pharmaceutical value of thc and cbd we can do that. My state, CA, has legalized recreational, but I am keeping my prescription (obtained legally from a doctor). Note also the FDA just approved a cbd med.
When does pot increase or decrease anxiety? A bit of a puzzle here.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use medical marijuana to treat anxiety and back pain. It's effective. I also have a PhD in biophysics with a specialty in drug design so if you want to talk about the pharmaceutical value of thc and cbd we can do that. My state, CA, has legalized recreational, but I am keeping my prescription (obtained legally from a doctor). Note also the FDA just approved a cbd med.
When does pot increase or decrease anxiety? A bit of a puzzle here.
Interesting question. For me, it reduces anxiety when I have a challenging deadline and I have OCD thoughts that prevent me from making progress. It did increase my anxiety in some ways- I always had to worry that somebody would find out and it would have consequences. That anxiety is now gone because it's legalized.
Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed
#34Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…
Where "on the ground" in the US? Much like Amsterdam differs from the rest of the EU on cannabis, cannabis in the US ranges from being legal for recreational use in California (yes, really!), to being jailed for 20 years for trace amounts in your car in other states.
There are cannabis products that happens to be (gasp!) enjoyable, so it should just be available next to beer and wine in stores as well. Puritanical attitudes about fun aside, look where banning alcohol got us. It's not about having fun though.
When was the last time when, because you like drinking beer so much, that you called your local politician to support beer? Medical marijuana did not come about from a bunch of 20-something college students who merely enjoy getting high. The "recreational" aspect is, honestly, derogatory towards legitimate medical applications
Cannabis has practical medical applications. DEA restrictions have successfully prevented any real research into the compounds that make up cannabis, however the tide is slowly turning. Just yesterday The FDA approved Epidiolex[0], a cannabis-derived treatment for epilepsy. Cannabis treats certain kinds of chronic pain like nothing else known to man, without the same possibility of death when used improperly like morphine, heroin or fentanyl. Just like asprin or acetaminophen (Tylenol) is available over the counter, so, too, should other types of products that treat pain.
The context for this, is in the US, over the counter, is a box of 50 packets of 1g acetaminophen pills, next to a bottle of 200 ibuprofen pills, at 200 mg each, each costing around $20. Last time I was in Europe, that kind of thing was not readily available. Small amounts of various NSAIDs for acute pain were available, but not the chronic, "alternate OTC pain medication to make it through the day" amounts. I am not bragging about how "things are bigger in the US". This is "some people are regularly in this much pain, untreated (!) by our healthcare system" admission.
The heart of the matter is how poor the healthcare treatment is for poor people in the US, and life-improving surgery is often not performed due to lack of money. That missed surgery often results in a lifetime of unimaginable intolerable pain, and patients are simply told to "deal with it".
Cannabis can help them.
It isn't a sham.
Our healthcare system is.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/health/epidiolex-fda-cann...
Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed
#35Does this mean Meadow sells counterfeit marijuana, pays such low wages that many of their employees need food stamps, and fosters an environment where employees feel the need to piss in bottles to avoid bathroom breaks?
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#36It's rare to see Amazon as a positive comparison these days, at least on HN. I was expecting the article to be about how Meadow was strangling the life out of its competitors or abusing its market dominance or something.
Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed
#37Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…
The only negative thing about it I see is that doctors are willing to give you a BS script. Friend of mine went to a doc and complained about an old knee injury to get medical weed and the doc just wink-winked him a prescription. Then again, I would do it if I was in the US and smoked and anything to decriminalise this is a good thing.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
The only negative thing about it I see is that doctors are willing to give you a BS script. Friend of mine went to a doc and complained about an old knee injury to get medical weed and the doc just wink-winked him a prescription. Then again, I would do it if I was in the US and smoked and anything to decriminalise this is a good thing.
In California, there is no such thing as a “prescription for weed”. You don’t get one from a doctor, the dispensaries don’t describe it as such. What you do get is a recommendation by a doctor that you would benefit from cannabis. This is a critical difference. It’s merely a doctors opinion you would benefit. And as many have noted, sone doctors appear to hold the opinion most adults would benefit. They might not be…
In Oregon there is a real distinction, and patients do need a doctor to refer them to get a card[1], which gives them lower prices than recreational customers get at dispensaries.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use medical marijuana to treat anxiety and back pain. It's effective. I also have a PhD in biophysics with a specialty in drug design so if you want to talk about the pharmaceutical value of thc and cbd we can do that. My state, CA, has legalized recreational, but I am keeping my prescription (obtained legally from a doctor). Note also the FDA just approved a cbd med.
When does pot increase or decrease anxiety? A bit of a puzzle here.
It actually can do both. It depends on the specifics of the person and the strain. In particular, I think Indica strains are supposed to be less likely to create or exacerbate anxiety.
Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed
#40I’m not convinced of the long term viability of this business model. Lots of people buy pot from these places as a novelty, like when friends visit from out of town or when the shops first open. Pot nowadays is so strong than your normal 9-to-5, weekend pot smoker can make do with very small quantities that last a while. The green rush seems like a very short boom and bust cycle, maybe 2 years at best.
you would likely say the same thing about bourbon. then you realize you can mix it in cocktails and that the market will adjust the product for the consumers.
the industry will do fine