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Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by throwawaymedia »

vimacs2 wrote: post #65
throwawaymedia wrote: post #12

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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 educ…

You can't legalize marijuana while education is subpar. It has to be done the opposite way. Also, why to legalize something that is harmful to your body and brain [1]? I mean, there are SO many publications about it.

[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abst...

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by greenie_beans »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #129
greenie_beans wrote: post #127

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True, but my educated guess as an observer of Mississippi politics... The US will legalize recreational marijuana at a federal level and then give the states the ability to legalize it or not. The state will not legalize it, and if they do, then they'll leave it up to the counties to decide. Most of the counties will not legalize it because it's a very conservative state where Christianity informs the politics more t…

> I'm super cynical about progressive politics in Mississippi If cannabis legalisation gets branded as a progressive issue it’s DOA. In Mississippi as well as in most states.

"progressive politics" means something different to me in Mississippi than what it might in California. And it means something different to the typical Republican in Mississippi vs the typical Democrat. I define progressive politics as "social reform" for ordinary people, i.e. legalizing marijuana and making amends for the harm the former laws caused, free pre-k education, etc. Not whatever they paint it to be on FoxNews or CNN or whatever.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by throwawaymedia »

3825 wrote: post #33
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> There are a lot of professional workers that are on cocaine, business owners, successful artists, etc. Does that mean cocaine should be legalized? Absolutely not. I think you are very wrong. I think there should be safeguards such as improper commercial storage should be unlawful. Similarly, distribution (sale) to minors and without proper packaging should remain against the law. However, I find no logic in trying…

> Similarly, distribution (sale) to minors and without proper packaging should remain against the law.

That will only worsen the situation in the US public schools, which is already a massive problem. If a substance is allowed to your dad, why can't you buy a bit from your classmate Joe?

> However, I find no logic in trying to ban any substance from an informed consumer in a world where alcohol and tobacco are legal.

That is a separate problem. Let's not put them all in the same bucket. There is no need to minimize the importance of what I said by bringing up other problems. Let's focus on marijuana.

> I think they are idiots. As far as I know we don’t have any deaths because of the vaccine.

Older people - yes. Younger people - no. Check the stats, as well as the side effects probabilities. They are so low that there is no reason to compare. That is EXACTLY why CDC wants to go the natural immunity route now.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by thebigjewbowski »

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…

New York City and New York State have both made this illegal except for employees who have to register with the DOT.

https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/marijuana-drug-tests-a...

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by kingsloi »

realce wrote: post #73
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.

Ah, I didn't know it was synthetic.

I'm still confused with marijuana being a schedule I substance.

> no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States

but there's a FDA approved medicine, so surely there is accepted medical use, because you've approved one/many?

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by throwaway6734 »

enkid wrote: post #130
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #118

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> was a voter-led initiative and the state legislature tried to ignore it That this was a grass-roots initiative makes it more durable. It also means challengers can use it as a wedge issue, at the state level and federally.

Why haven't Democrats full-throatily supported legalization? I understand why Republicans haven't, but this seems so popular it seems crazy a major political party hasn't jumped on board.

What class of voters would it win them?

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by throwawaymedia »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #15
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> Does that mean cocaine should be legalized? Yes, I do believe it should or at least decriminalized. There is much more danger in illegal drug trade and a dysfunctional uneducated society. > There are tons of research papers on marijuana being harmful to your brain Not any recent ones unless you're talking about youth. There are studies that show marijuana can improve brain function and capacity. https://www.scienti…

> Yes, I do believe it should or at least decriminalized. There is much more danger in illegal drug trade and a dysfunctional uneducated society.

Once again, similar to what I said to the other commenter. Fix the uneducated society first. There are much more uneducated weed smokers than educated ones.

> Not any recent ones unless you're talking about youth. There are studies that show marijuana can improve brain function and capacity.

Erm... I'm a HN reader for 8+ years. There are a handful number of research papers reach the front page several times a year.

    THC is able to alter the functioning of the hippocampus (see "Marijuana, Memory, and the Hippocampus") and orbitofrontal cortex, brain areas that enable a person to form new memories and shift his or her attentional focus. As a result, using marijuana causes impaired thinking and interferes with a person’s ability to learn and perform complicated tasks. THC also disrupts functioning of the cerebellum and basal ganglia, brain areas that regulate balance, posture, coordination, and reaction time. [0]
Marijuana has been even linked to schizophrenia development [1]. Let's for sure legalize it.

[0] https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana

[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abst...

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by mindslight »

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.

That only works for the simplistic image of abortion (elective, easy, painless, risk free) that the evangelical death cult has been pushing. It doesn't work for the actual medical reality. The disconnect between the two is staggering, and if you don't know what I'm talking about you owe it to yourself to look into the details of the actual medical procedure. It is not elective, easy, painless, or risk free.

And while I support encouraging people to travel to route around their oppressive backwater hellholes, the ability to do so doesn't mean we should support places regressing towards being oppressive hellholes.

Re: Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

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Post by woodruffw »

enkid wrote: post #130
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> was a voter-led initiative and the state legislature tried to ignore it That this was a grass-roots initiative makes it more durable. It also means challengers can use it as a wedge issue, at the state level and federally.

Why haven't Democrats full-throatily supported legalization? I understand why Republicans haven't, but this seems so popular it seems crazy a major political party hasn't jumped on board.

The DNC is a center-right party that America's liberal and left blocs vote for because they don't have a viable alternative.

They don't win any votes by supporting legalization (they have all those reluctant votes anyways), and publicly supporting legalization gives their far-right opposing party free ammunition (the DNC wants your kids to be stoned, urban crime, &c.). So it's all downside, with no upside.

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