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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well I mean: doing things that people want them to do to get elected. Not the worst problem?
Of course not, that's how democracy works! My actual issue with this is: a) it should have been done sooner. Waiting until $election_year to do something popular has severely damaged the growth of cannabis industry and b) it's another executive branch rule by decree that could be reversed as soon as 6 months from now after election day.
Ah, I agree. It is a good move with a side of bullshit.
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#33I'm sorry but after seeing how american gradually get into worse and worse drugs, and seeing channel 5's video on people using tranq... yeah I think complete ban on drugs for non medical reasons is the best choice.
Yes, because Prohibition was such a ringing success. Just because someone says you can't do something does not prevent someone from doing that thing. If people want something badly enough, they will find a way. When that want has progressed to being a literal need from addiction, the ways found will become more and more bold/risky.
Hell, even if you added the drug that blocks the opiate receptors into the water supply like fluoride so everyone is getting dosed, addicts will just switch to bottle water. Legislation does not prevent anything. It only increases those deemed as a criminal.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
There was a debate in the early 80s on whether the country should concentrate on treatment or enforcement. Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach.
> Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach That doesn't seem to clear cut with the recent failed (and now backpedaling) experiments regarding decriminalization and legalization of most drugs.
What does that have to do with treatment programs?
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
'Time for them to perform due diligence and refactor their operations to take advantage of the new legal landscape to retain competitive pricing inorder for' all these small/mid sized businesses don't get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps.
American corporations are great at retooling their business/supply chains for different products (see how quickly everyone moved into hard seltzers). I do expect big tobacco to move in aggressively if weed is made legal.
Hasn’t really happened in Canada. I think a small-player alcohol company did move in, but only after the bubble popped.
Turns out legalization of a drug doesn’t lead to massive increases in consumption. Who knew.
Definitely kneecapped the black market though: most moved to the legal side and black market prices cratered.
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Maybe some day someone will explain what “normalizing” means, specifically what people mean by the “don’t normalize X” construction.
Pretty sure between Dr. Dre and Willie Nelson weed got normalized decades ago by any definition I understand.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
'Time for them to perform due diligence and refactor their operations to take advantage of the new legal landscape to retain competitive pricing inorder for' all these small/mid sized businesses don't get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps.
American corporations are great at retooling their business/supply chains for different products (see how quickly everyone moved into hard seltzers). I do expect big tobacco to move in aggressively if weed is made legal.
Hopefully, the small/mid sized businesses hold a niche in the same way that craft brewers have maintained their existence (until they get acquired).
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
SE Asia/East Asia at least have much harsher attitudes on drugs. US is pretty forgiving to drug users &c.
Thailand legalized it. Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, it may be illegal, but it is everywhere, along with everything else. Singapore is restrictive, but that's across the board anyway. Let's not forget that betel nut is everywhere... another plant based drug.
Tobacco too
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well I mean: doing things that people want them to do to get elected. Not the worst problem?
Of course not, that's how democracy works! My actual issue with this is: a) it should have been done sooner. Waiting until $election_year to do something popular has severely damaged the growth of cannabis industry and b) it's another executive branch rule by decree that could be reversed as soon as 6 months from now after election day.
> it should have been done sooner.
Not everyone agrees though. I don't want it legalized or normalized more.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Reagan introduced zero tolerance policies. He usually chose the wrong approach That doesn't seem to clear cut with the recent failed (and now backpedaling) experiments regarding decriminalization and legalization of most drugs.
What does that have to do with treatment programs?
Well, enforcement is a form of treatment - just not the form some might want.
We're trying the other way and failing right now. Perhaps we should figure out why...