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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 kingsloi »

Does anyone know if a state hasn't legalised medical marijuana, can medicinal marijuana (such as Marinol) be used in an ICU setting?

I've heard marijuana is sometimes given to children diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome after their 3rd surgery (Fontan) to encourage them to eat.

I've also heard medical marijuana is sometimes given to children diagnosed with Kabuki syndrome (and other syndromes) to help with seizures.

Would these two cases only be allowed/legal in states that have legalised medical marijuana?

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by ricardobayes »

kingsloi wrote: post #71

Does anyone know if a state hasn't legalised medical marijuana, can medicinal marijuana (such as Marinol) be used in an ICU setting? I've heard marijuana is sometimes given to children diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome after their 3rd surgery (Fontan) to encourage them to eat. I've also heard medical marijuana is sometimes given to children diagnosed with Kabuki syndrome (and other syndromes) to help wit…

I'd say so since hospitals wouldn't stock it as it's an illegal substance in this case.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by realce »

kingsloi wrote: post #71

Does anyone know if a state hasn't legalised medical marijuana, can medicinal marijuana (such as Marinol) be used in an ICU setting? I've heard marijuana is sometimes given to children diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome after their 3rd surgery (Fontan) to encourage them to eat. I've also heard medical marijuana is sometimes given to children diagnosed with Kabuki syndrome (and other syndromes) to help wit…

Marinol and other FDA approved synthetic cannabanoid-based medications are legal to prescribe in all 50 states.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by ricardobayes »

whalesalad wrote: post #67

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 car…

You surely mean CBD? THC is known to have adverse effects, it's definitely not the same as a cucumber.

"Acute and chronic use of cannabis is associated with different harmful effects on central nervous system and peripheral system including hyperemesis syndrome, impaired coordination and performance, anxiety, suicidal/tendencies, psychotic symptoms and mood disorders, cannabis withdrawal symptoms, exacerbation of psychotic disorders, neurocognitive impairment, cardiovascular, neurological, respiratory, cerebrovascular, peripheral vascular diseases (Thomas et al., 2014; Karila et al., 2014), pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumopericardium, bullous lung disease, increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, desquamated interstitial disease, and appearance of brown pigmented macrophages (Milroy and Parai, 2011)." source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2019.0148...

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by moron4hire »

grapescheesee wrote: post #63
moron4hire wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I loved it as a teenager, but it's... aged poorly. IDK, maybe that's not fair. I am sure my standards have improved quite a bit since then. Certainly, if you like campy, cheesy sci-fi and don't mind some community-theater grade acting in the first few episodes, it'll be right up your alley. It's not as bad as, say, Tremors (same era, shlock sci-fi), but it's also not a prestige series like Star Trek. It's probably somewhere between Stargate and Farscape in terms of quality.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by refurb »

rendall wrote: post #61
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”?

> Negro voting disenfranchisement https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/01/mississipp... I mean, you could take the time to refute the "analysis"...?

Oh, the mainstream media says so, so it must be true!

Paywall. Would love to comment but apparently I’m not allowed.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by willsi »

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…

Oh brother.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by lariati »

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?

Why pick on the states at this point.

It is utterly absurd there is not more a push to legalize at the Federal level.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by mschuster91 »

pmoriarty wrote: post #10

When will we start seeing legislation forbidding employer discrimination against legal cannabis users in the form of drug tests? No one cares if you've had a drink over the weekend, on your own time, as long as it's not affecting your on-the-job performance. Some companies have parties where alcohol is served, and going for drinks after work is quite common. Yet so many companies require you to take drug tests before…

The key issue we have is that there are somewhat accurate-ish tests to check for acute and past alcohol usage, as well as defined impairment levels, but for THC we have neither breathalyzer-style tests nor impairment level standards. FWIW it's not even clear if blood should be tested for active THC, for byproducts or waste products.

That makes dealing with MJ impairment a bit of troublesome for companies... I agree that there should be no mandatory drug testing for a lot of employers that currently require one, but everything involving machinery should be allowed to have stricter standards.

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