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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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Post by umvi »

CPLX wrote: post #36
cynicalsecurity wrote: post #31

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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.

"Normalize" in this sense means "to make culturally acceptable". A thing can be legal but still be taboo, for example, in Japan tattoos are legal but you might get discriminated against at an onsen if the owner doesn't want tattoos on display in their establishment.

Weed might be "normalized" in some communities, but a large portion of Americans will silently judge you if you are a recreational drug user regardless of it is weed or cocaine or fentanyl. Contrast to, say, beer or wine, which the majority of Americans will not silently judge you for indulging in moderation.

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Post by paxys »

On one hand I'm very happy with all the recent policy changes coming down from different federal agencies, but on the other there's a very high likelihood that they will all be reversed a few months from now if/when a new administration takes over. That is always the downside of executive rule. With Congress unwilling/incapable of acting though I guess this is the best we'll get.

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Post by creaturemachine »

akira2501 wrote: post #54
HeatrayEnjoyer wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US is only lenient when compared to even more severe steamrollers of human rights. Executing individuals for drug possession is absolutely unconsciousable and unacceptable. Incarceration being less diabolical does not mean it is not still highly diabolical. Countless lives were and continue to be destroyed.

Selling hard drugs for a profit is diabolical. It also ruins lives.

Yet alcohol remains legal.

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Post by itishappy »

dev1ycan wrote: post #21

I'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.

I've watched the same videos, and the impression I got was that the main gateway drug for tranq was prescription painkillers prescribed legally by a doctor.

Maybe we should consider banning drugs for medical reasons too...

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Post by lambdaba »

kstrauser wrote: post #99
cynicalsecurity wrote: post #31

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I bet a huge portion of the people here are physically addicted to caffeine, a powerful psychoactive stimulant.

As Terence McKenna used to say, caffeine is legal because it keeps the worker bees working throughout the afternoon.

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Post by ehsankia »

RankingMember wrote: post #69
andrewxdiamond wrote: post #6

Weed being illegal on a federal level has had some interesting effects. Because of these laws, all legal weed has to be grown, processed, and retailed within a single state. So much industry and local employment has been created by the legal barriers in place. It’s probably still a net positive to release the federal restriction, but I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or ot…

It's also made touching the financial aspect radioactive- none of the big credit cards want to have anything to do with it so all transactions are cash, which makes things more difficult/risky for operators.

Also made research very hard too.

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Post by btreecat »

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #31

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Yet it's often claimed that civilization and brewing alcohol grow in tandem. We certainly have evidence of its importance in Egypt, Europe, and Africa come to mind as traveling along side cultural growth.

https://www.tota.world/article/1611/#:~:text=The%20first%20b....

Do you have evidence to support your counterclaims?

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Post by vundercind »

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #31

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It’s a less-harmful alcohol substitute. I have multiple friends who’ve gone “California sober” and it has sure looked like nothing but a good change.

It’s by far the best sleep aid I’ve personally found. Practically miraculous. Huge change for the better, I’ve gone several months at a time without it on a couple occasions since starting and holy crap, life used to be terrible. Extremely low-risk, doesn’t leave me hung over feeling like a lot of the legal sleep aids do. Plus, hell, it’s a lot of fun to watch some MST3K while it’s kicking in.

Almost no serious interactions, so you can take it while ill and having to take other drugs, to help (enormously) with sleep or appetite or whatever.

For that matter, having a damn effective pain reliever and sleep aid that you can just keep on hand for when you get the flu or something, and not have to go suffer through a waiting room for a prescription while ill, is a giant QOL boost.

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