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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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Post by MarCylinder »

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…

Big corps are already an issue. They may not be able to move product over borders, but they can move money and resources

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Post by akira2501 »

creaturemachine wrote: post #103
akira2501 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Yet alcohol remains legal.

You're welcome to start making your own alcohol and then selling shots on the street. I'm sure you'll notice the difference very quickly.

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Post by BobaFloutist »

colpabar wrote: post #120
paxys wrote: post #102

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.

What bothers me is that all these things are only happening because it's an election year and the incumbent doesn't have great polling numbers.

{{Citation needed}}

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Post by [deleted] »

paxys wrote: post #102

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 jeffwask »

hn_version_0023 wrote: post #224
joecool1029 wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps Calling it: CVS and Walgreens will move into the medical market for this. You think these little shops will be able to process health insurance payments when that sector gets in on it? lol

You described a worst-case scenario. I’d rather smoke Marlboro Greens, and I promised myself 20 years ago I’d never spend another penny with them.

Marboro Green with 200 hundred additional chemical additives for your enjoyment.

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Post by oooyay »

bregma wrote: post #265
mannyv wrote: post #56

One major effect of this is that weed stores will be able to use banks and payment processors legally once the regulators catch up.

That's so sad. Here in Ontario Canada I can walk into a local neighbourhood cannabis store (one of many on every block, it seems) and make a purchase using my debit or credit card. I'm not sure if any of them even keep a cash float although I imagine they must, just in case granny comes in "for medicinal use". Alternatively, I could just go to the government-run web store and get home delivery through Canada Post at…

You can in the U.S. too. For instance, in Portland we have a neighborhood shop and you can use a debit card there because each transaction is classified as an ATM transaction. All the ban ever did was making accounting and reporting more complicated, it didn't stop state legal sales or transactions.

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Post by dukeyukey »

lambdaba wrote: post #200
ncr100 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorta right, sorta wrong, premise is weak -- Weed is NOT PHYSICALLY ADDICTIVE. It can be psychologically. Beer / hard liquor IS PHYSICALLY addictive. Cigarettes ARE. Caffeine IS.

Sugar is! AND it causes great long-term harm, hard to quantify how much since there is basically no control group, since it's given to children early on, it's put in near everything, and it's cheap as dirt.

I don’t think sugar is physically addictive, as in your body gets negative physiological symptoms from cutting back.
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