Now do Texas. Once Texas legalizes Marijuana, there will be no reason for tech people to not move to Austin.
There'll still be one big reason: it's Texas.
Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
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My understanding, from knowing someone close to these political circles, is that there is a conflict between the religious faction and the individual-liberty faction. So whenever that gets resolved, we will see further movement on that front. >The devil's lettuce might not be for everyone It’s not for me. Neither is alcohol. Doesn’t mean I think it should be illegal. I don’t get why other people have this attitude ab…
Other peoples's enjoyment has a tendency to stink up the place. I can smell some homes from the opposite side of a four lane road.
How is this any different than someone smoking cigarettes, other than that we're more accustomed to exposure to second hand tobacco?
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Wow, they really want to keep the liquor, tobacco and pharmaceutical industry going as long as they can. There are a lot of professional workers that smoke marijuana, business owners, successful artists, etc. The devil's lettuce might not be for everyone, but how can these people be anti-vaccine mandate (pro-choice) while still trying to prevent marijuana legalization?
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> There are a lot of professional workers that are on cocaine, business owners, successful artists, etc. Does that mean cocaine should be legalized? Absolutely not.
I think you are very wrong. I think there should be safeguards such as improper commercial storage should be unlawful. Similarly, distribution (sale) to minors and without proper packaging should remain against the law. However, I find no logic in trying to ban any substance from an informed consumer in a world where alcohol and tobacco are legal.
> In contrast, the majority of anti-vaxxers (not the crazy ones talking about microchips) ended up being more or less right with their decision.
I think they are idiots. As far as I know we don’t have any deaths because of the vaccine. It is safe. Maybe it could be more effective and I’m sure we will have better vaccines with time but there is no reason to not take the vaccine now and a better vaccine when it is available later.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
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You are spouting dangerous nonsense. The data is overwhelming, and every death that could have been avoided, of which many are documented on social media is a tragedy. They probably should legalize, control and de-crime-cartel the illegal cocaine industry, it would lead to better outcomes than the war on drugs. Less death, less negative medical outcomes, less load on the health system directly and indirectly through…
I wish so much to label OP as simple bored troll, since its so glaringly wrong on so many fronts. Then you go out in the woods (doesn't have to be literal backcountry trip) and you actually meet this kind of people who think like that.
And you see some have pretty respectable jobs and are actual part of society, not some outcasts hiding with tin foils in corn field. Any society in this world in some way. But you can't talk to them about simple, factual matters. Forget persuasion, even discussion is all but impossible.
That part is to me scary and I struggle with it.
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> At 20-something he switched to pills, a few more years later - heroine. As someone who never used marijuana, used to be strongly against it but now think we should consider legalizing it[1], isn't a major reason for this that because of laws against marijuana anyone buying it has to establish relationships with illegal drug dealers? Wouldn't this be much less of a problem if marijuana was sold over the counter in a…
Yes this is the truth its not a Gateway drug but you have to buy it where other drugs also are sold, sometimes they might not have weed and you try a pill instead. If we are going the illegal road then ciggarettes coffee and alcohol also gotta go, but come on let people have some fin ffs
I hate dealing with dealers but there is no other way to get weed. Shady dark corners, pushy paranoid characters, just to buy a bit of herb that grows wildly on slopes of himalaya for millenia.
Once dealer tried to push cocaine to me instead of weed pretending he didn't understand, sent him away. That's the only gateway situation I can actually imagine for weed, otherwise its nonsense in same vein as alcohol is.
Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
#36For those not familiar with US society, this is huge. Mississippi is generally regarded, true or not, as a conservative state, perhaps even reactionary. Its government was a staunch defender of slavery, the later Jim Crow laws which mandated racial segregation, Negro voting disenfranchisement; the last to repeal alcohol prohibition; still frequently challenging abortion rights; among other such. Mississippi is kind o…
> That Mississippi of all places legalizes marijuana means that it will probably be legalized in all 50 states within a year or two.
They did not legalize marijuana. At least not in the context of what legalizing marijuana means in 2022, which I think should be that you can walk into a marijuana store and buy marijuana like other states.
The important part being that cops can still bust you for simply having marijuana or buying marijuana, or even suspecting marijuana. Which was the big problem in the first place.
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#38So, how long until we get a proper hemp paper industry? As the legal issues wane, it seems like the only remaining obstacles to higher quality paper at a lower price are industrial process and marketing issues. Seems like an industry ripe for disruption.
IDK, in countries where industrial growing of (low-THC) hemp is a thing and hemp gets used for manufacturing products, it is not "higher quality paper at a lower price", it's still a niche product for specific uses (e.g. as cigarette paper) because it's not cheaper. IIRC growing/harvesting/processing of the fiber is quite similar to linen, and so the resulting product costs are comparable to linen cloth, not wood pul…
High-THC cigarette paper would be a very successful product in a number of markets.
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#39How do people rank hemp vs cotton in clothing?
Higher.
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
#40Now do Texas. Once Texas legalizes Marijuana, there will be no reason for tech people to not move to Austin.
“Tech” women interested in retaining their ability to get medical services they might need would still have a reason to not move to Austin.