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Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by lotsofpulp »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #4
turndown wrote: post #3

>There are also those who really want a recreational marijuana program that could lead to more people smoking and less people working, with all the societal and family ills that that brings. Well, it's still Mississippi.

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?

> but how can these people be anti-vaccine mandate (pro-choice)

The context of “pro choice” referring to abortion is not the same context as “pro choice” referring to vaccinations.

Abortions do not affect anyone else, certainly not physically relative to the woman going through the pregnancy. Infectious diseases do affect everyone else. Using the term to equate the validity of the two positions is incorrect and misses the reasoning.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by rendall »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #36
rendall wrote: post #25

For 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 marijuan…

~Isn't marijuana possession decriminalized in Mississippi?~

Never mind, I see that it's decriminalized only for 1st offense and under 30 grams, but pretty harsh otherwise.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by lotsofpulp »

rendall wrote: post #42
lotsofpulp wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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 marijuan…

~Isn't marijuana possession decriminalized in Mississippi?~ Never mind, I see that it's decriminalized only for 1st offense and under 30 grams, but pretty harsh otherwise.

Yes, but with such restriction that it effectively still gives plenty of room for the government to be able to use marijuana as a reason to abuse people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Mississippi

Sure, Mississippi is making progress, but it is 2022, we have the internet, a decade plus of other states actually legalizing it and making it easily accessible to everyone of age, and so my expectations of “legalizing” it are much higher than they were 20 years ago.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by HKH2 »

rendall wrote: post #25

For 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…

bellwether*

A wether is a castrated sheep/goat.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by rendall »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #43
rendall wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

~Isn't marijuana possession decriminalized in Mississippi?~ Never mind, I see that it's decriminalized only for 1st offense and under 30 grams, but pretty harsh otherwise.

Yes, but with such restriction that it effectively still gives plenty of room for the government to be able to use marijuana as a reason to abuse people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Mississippi Sure, Mississippi is making progress, but it is 2022, we have the internet, a decade plus of other states actually legalizing it and making it easily accessible to everyone of age, and so my expectations of “lega…

Got it.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by rendall »

HKH2 wrote: post #44
rendall wrote: post #25

For 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…

bellwether* A wether is a castrated sheep/goat.

Thanks.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by h2odragon »

labster wrote: post #5

So, 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.

Processing hemp for fiber is an absolute bitch; and the market for the fibers isnt big enough to create a market for the processing equipment which could make the fiber cheaper and grow that market and...

Dunno what might kick it off make it viable: new boll weevil, perhaps.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by netizen-936824 »

rbanffy wrote: post #38
PeterisP wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There is almost no THC in hemp fiber to speak of. Any THC in papers would need to be added during manufacturing
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