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Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by rendall »

refurb wrote: post #53
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…

What in the hell kind of analysis is this? I’m betting $1000 that OP has never stepped foot in Mississippi. “Negro voting disenfranchisement”?

> Negro voting disenfranchisement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/01/mississipp...

I mean, you could take the time to refute the "analysis"...?

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by rendall »

tyleo wrote: post #60
refurb wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What in the hell kind of analysis is this? I’m betting $1000 that OP has never stepped foot in Mississippi. “Negro voting disenfranchisement”?

I don’t think OP is talking about disenfranchisement in 2020. Historical disenfranchisement checks out with my understanding of history though.

I was talking about the historical disenfranchisement. Although some argue that the disenfranchisement of felons is similarly motivated, especially considering how easy it is to get a felony in Mississippi

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by grapescheesee »

moron4hire wrote: post #55
marcodiego wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine what sugar and alcohol could do.

Sugar being a controller substance was an episode of Sliders.

Interesting I have never heard of the show. I should have since it was 1995-2000. Would you recommend? It made perfect sense as a reference! Thanks.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by rosndo »

refurb wrote: post #56
lotsofpulp wrote: post #40

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“Tech” women interested in retaining their ability to get medical services they might need would still have a reason to not move to Austin.

Tech women can fly for their abortions.

Tech women would also be unlikely to need abortions in the first place, unintended pregnancies are very uncommon among high-income folks.

E: Huh? What could possibly be controversial about this? Obviously an abortion ban affects low income folks far more than rich tech workers.

For rich people this is a vague political issue, not a practical one.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by vimacs2 »

throwawaymedia wrote: post #12
encryptluks2 wrote: post #4

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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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I'm not even pro cannabis - I recently decided to go completely cold turkey since I realised I was essentially self medicating for other deeper issues and cannabis just gives me brain fog - but I think your comment is pretty nonsensical.

If your brother in law transitioned from marijuana all the way to heroine, chances are his drug abuse was a symptom of deeper underlying problems, not the cause. The solution is education, not criminalisation.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by whalesalad »

Cannabis should be regulated no differently than tomatoes and cucumbers. It's great to see this baby step, but unfortunately a lot of medical states still gatekeep access way too aggressively. Everyone deserves access to this medicine. The rigid control framework ends up making it hard for producers too, and ultimately only the wealthiest investment groups are typically able to license/survive.

Support your local caregiver.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by kasey_junk »

rbanffy wrote: post #52
netizen-936824 wrote: post #49

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

I'm very sure some enterprising person will think of a way to do it ;-)

You can get thc infused rolling papers. But most of them create the paper traditionally or with nationally legal hemp, then infuse them with thc extracts from completely different plants.

That is to say, there is no correlation with hemp paper and thc infused paper. They come from different plants and as a consumer you want them to because the different plants can be specialized to their purpose.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by thematrixturtle »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #23

By the way in some countries where medical marijuana has been legalized it still is practically impossible to get a prescription (because all doctors are radically conservative and don't believe in medical marijuana) and even for those lucky to get it prescribed it can be 2-5 times the price of high quality black market weed.

Australia is the poster child of this, and it's not because of "radically conservative doctors", it's because the government makes both doctors and patients jump through a series of narrow hoops to qualify.

https://www.auscannabisclinics.com.au/find-medical-cannabis-...

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