You can buy THC gummies and THC vapes in certain Alabama gas stations now as well. I have no idea how this works legally though because it was only relatively recently legalized for medical use here. Must be something to do with some CBD-adjacent regulation that snuck in during COVID.
Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
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Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
#102For 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.
The cynical analysis is Democrats can motivate voters to get out every year while it remains illegal, at the cost of ruining peoples lives.
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 so…
From what I remember, it started out promising, but very quickly devolved into cartoonish camp where every parallel world had a silly theme like "Halloween world" or "America is still British wot" world. And then there was plot arc about Cro-magnons trying to take over the multiverse.
Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
#104For 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 was born and raised in Mississippi. GP isn't wrong.
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#105You can buy THC gummies and THC vapes in certain Alabama gas stations now as well. I have no idea how this works legally though because it was only relatively recently legalized for medical use here. Must be something to do with some CBD-adjacent regulation that snuck in during COVID.
I would guess it’s delta-8 thc derived from hemp. Skirting some loopholes. Some states have already started clamping down on it.
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#106*Sidelong glance at federal government.* Any day now, folks.
You need only glance directly at the President. No other authority is needed to change the schedule. AG works at the pleasure of the President.
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#107Seems a bit overdue, given the US Government has been growing Cannabis in Mississippi FOR OVER 50+ YEARS NOW. https://news.olemiss.edu/federally-funded-marijuana-turns-50...
I got to tour that place in high school! Lived across the street for a while from the guy who ran it, too. They were hardcore evangelicals, his son tried to burn my D&D books one time. Fascinating place, definitely worth the visit, don't lean on the fence and remember they'll walk you past sniffer dogs on the way out.
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#108As 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.
They had to be forced. But it’s a fantastic milestone for sure.
Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
#109Earlier 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. 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.
The cynical analysis is Democrats can motivate voters to get out every year while it remains illegal, at the cost of ruining peoples lives.
I think it’s a generational thing… and there is no reason to think the Republicans who have demonstrated they’re much better at politics (much to my personal dismay now that the Republicans are no longer low-tax, small govt) won’t just say “hey we are for legalizing it too” as young republicans tend to not care about it being legal or not. The most accurate poll you could do is just “should marijuana be legalized” and then capture the age groups. That’ll tell you all you need to know.
Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
#110For 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…
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