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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 joekrill »

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…

Philadelphia has done this recently, to some extent: https://billypenn.com/2022/01/24/philadelphia-marijuana-empl...

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by wffurr »

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”?

Mississippi's main role is to make Alabama be second from the bottom in state-by-state rankings.

I say this having grown up in Alabama and gone to university in Mississippi.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by netizen-936824 »

kasey_junk wrote: post #69
rbanffy wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This is actually why I like the hemp farm bill and the proliferation of cannabinoid isolates. I can now mix-n-match my cannabinoids to create different effects, its absolutely wonderful. I'm not beholden to any specific 'strain' or chemovar

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by refurb »

wffurr wrote: post #82
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”?

Mississippi's main role is to make Alabama be second from the bottom in state-by-state rankings. I say this having grown up in Alabama and gone to university in Mississippi.

Self-hating

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by hourislate »

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.

I highly doubt it. And at a Federal level it will never be legalized. The Biden administration has no plans and the folks involved are just playing games and never had any intention of fulfilling their promises.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by kingsloi »

rosndo wrote: post #64
refurb wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not all abortions are "unintended pregnancies"

https://www.facebook.com/106201495/posts/953287657793/

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by mplanchard »

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”?

I grew up in Mississippi and Louisiana, and I think OP’s take is spot-on.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by greenie_beans »

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…

This was a voter-led initiative and the state legislature tried to ignore it in last year’s legislative session. The governor was not a fan either. There were some other leaders who tried to challenge it in court. So I wouldn’t make that strong of a claim that you’re making…it’s still a tough fight here and very conservative. In good news, the vote for the initiative was like 70% for it.

Context on the state leg last year: https://mississippitoday.org/2021/03/22/medical-marijuana-an...

And the court case: https://mississippitoday.org/2021/04/14/mississippi-supreme-...

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by mplanchard »

willsi wrote: post #74

As someone originally from Mississippi: We're finally not last in something!

Did you see they also changed the flag? Never thought I’d see the day. When I was a teenager growing up there, there was a big conversation about the flag (don’t remember why), and it seemed at the time impossible that it would ever change.
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