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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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Post by ErikBjare »

callalex wrote: post #428
defiamazing wrote: post #202

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I don’t get why they don’t just use Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Nobody wants to stand around for several minutes waiting for transactions to clear.

Ethereum average block time is 12s (with low variance) and high chance of getting tx included in the next block. Still too long for a point-of-sale payment, but its feasible. Then there's fees that are too high on L1 (several dollars minimum).

L2s fix this (~immediate settlement, cents in fees), but it's another layer and another account for users to manage (which is annoying).

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Post by DonHopkins »

mattmaroon wrote: post #513
flawsofar wrote: post #381

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> you can imagine who works at them This is disgracefully elitist. White collar crime hurts more people.

I see why you would say that, but you probably have not met very many people who work at a dispensary, I have. My brother got promoted to supervisor in a month for the simple reason that he is the only person who could wait until after work to get high. He’s told me quite a bit of what goes on there, and I am sure different dispensaries are different, but in any state where it is relatively recently legalized and the…

Which is why if you want to steal from dispensaries, just work in security, like your brother. Who's to say he's not stealing, and simply not bragging to you about it?

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Post by riehwvfbk »

somenameforme wrote: post #698
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #671

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Unfortunately according to many people in power we’re more like the “bewildered herd” of Walter Lippmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book)

While I've not read that book, the synopsis from Wiki would suggest that the arguments put forth in there are almost entirely obsolete owing to the internet. In particular: --- The buying public: the "bewildered herd" (a term here borrowed from The Phantom Public) must pay to understand the unseen environment by the mass communications media. The irony is that although the public's opinion is important, it must pay f…

Pretty sure the Internet has not only not made manufacture of consent obsolete, it has greatly aided it. The book already calls out the public wanting truth for a dollar. Now they can have a custom truth that caters to their biases for a fraction of a cent! However, that doesn't mean anything for the subtle message this "truth" carries: a TikTok video can still carry a call to action just as well as a newspaper article (see recent interest in Osama Bin Laden for an example).

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Post by dyauspitr »

djur wrote: post #689
dyauspitr wrote: post #634

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It could just be as simple as it’s a lot of fun. I smoked pot for a lot of years, not because I had a hole in me or anything, it was just a very fun way to go about the day. I haven’t smoked in a decade because long term usage led to mild agoraphobia for me but went away a couple of months after I stopped.

Yeah. I mean, it's a great accompaniment to some fresh fruit and cheese on a sunny day, a good album, maybe the company of a loved one. It never made me feel like a different person or like I was on a vacation from reality like alcohol could. I've known lots of people who smoke a little, or used to smoke a little and then stopped (I haven't for a long time), and also people who smoke a lot and seem to be doing fine,…

Yeah that paints a pretty picture but it’s also really fun to do less picturesque things like just smoke and play your favorite video game all day.

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Post by DonHopkins »

defiamazing wrote: post #202
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.

I don’t get why they don’t just use Bitcoin or Ethereum.

That's just because crypto shills just don't get obvious facts about reality, not because obvious facts about reality aren't objectively and provably true. That's just the way cults and get-rich-quick pyramid schemes and fraud work, so stop being a shill and wondering why nobody believes or respects you, because there's a lot you don't get.

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Post by drusepth »

iancmceachern wrote: post #688
p1esk wrote: post #640

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Unfortunately different people often want different things.

Free will is fortunate, not unfortunate

Interestingly, different people often want different things (including free will and a lack of free will).

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Post by DonHopkins »

konfusinomicon wrote: post #259
hn_version_0023 wrote: post #224

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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.

the marlboro man has traded in his horse and cowboy hat for some natty dreads and a gravity bong. Joe Camel now sports a wook blanket and a heady crystal wrap. can't wait to see what the overly happy and diverse Newport pleasure party goers have adopted

"You've come a long way, dude."

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Post by rdm_blackhole »

sorwin wrote: post #563

Honestly, we should look to fix the issues that lead to people depending on weed, alcohol, and other drugs instead. These drugs are escapes for people - and a lot of them, especially younger kids get completely hooked on the escaped from reality from these drugs (including alcohol). We should instead be limit the use of these drugs and have teams dedicated to studying why people are turning to these instead. It's OK…

I think the long term effect depends on how your life is going.

Just like with alcohol, if your life is trash: bad job, no friends, no relationship, then turning to weed or alcohol can be seen as an escape from your life and eventually it will take over.

But if you are in a good headspace, then what is the problem really? I can meet some friends and get plastered with them for a weekend and not touch booze for a month after that because I have work/family commitments that would make getting drunk impractical,

I am fairly certain that weed can be used exactly the same way.

Having a few drinks with friends or alone after a a hard day's work is fun. Smoking a joint with friends while sunbathing on the beach is fun. Getting high every day and drunk everyday is a problem but it doesn't have to be that way.

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Post by drekipus »

portaouflop wrote: post #686
m463 wrote: post #677

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Doesn't everyone want freedom, justice, fairness, etc. (unfortunately everyone doesn't agree on the definition of these terms) (also: "But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?")

Romans have enslaved our children, raped our wives, desecrated our holy places and burned our priests. They razed our villages, slaughtered our herds, and forced our young men into their military service. So glad that they brought us civilisation!

Obligatory

https://youtu.be/Qc7HmhrgTuQ?si=ZcQQorNm5px-XoY_

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Post by [deleted] »

Arainach wrote: post #670
romeros wrote: post #652

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It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, doesn't it? Why haven't they taken action until now? People aren't children to be appeased by such gestures.

The request was made 2 years ago, not during election season. Building good regulations requires research, conversations with stakeholders, and other things which take time.

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