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Is this from The Decline?
yes indeed
One of the best songs of all time :horns: they recorded it in one take, took a few tries I think.
DEA Still Insists Marijuana Has No ‘Accepted Medical Use'
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#92What bullshit. I have a prescription for a cream containing CBD and THC that has almost totally removed arthritis pain in my hands. Really life changing for me.
Placebo effect. CBD and THC are not well absorbed topically and there's no data on transdermal bioavailability, so the effective dosage would be unscientific and unknown. The majority of CBD creams fall within the category of snake oil to dupe consumers into spending money just as they do on beauty products. THC absorption by the skin is very low. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12100860/
While some CBD products I do believe to be snake oil, what basis do you have for products containing both CBD and THC to only being effective as a placebo? CBD isn’t truly effective without THC and the THC is what basically turns the snake oil into a legitimately effective product. Additionally, everyone’s sensitivity to marijuana differs and while skin absorption may be “low” that does not mean none and even the effects of a low amount can be felt.
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That's a bit of partisan rewriting of history by Democrats who want to distance themselves from their role in the drug war. The fact is, the Controlled Substances Act [1] passed both houses of Congress with near unanimous approval, and the war on drugs was still supported by Democrats like Clinton and even Biden decades later. [2] And most of the arrests aren't made by the DEA, they are made by local police in jurisd…
Where do Democrats come in here? This is a direct quote from an individual. Democrats certainly share blame in this mess, I don't think I or anyone in this thread implied otherwise.
Let just say Clinton, Obama, and Biden could have honored what their party strive for. They didn't. This is why the other Presidents are better as consistent with their message rather than being "dicking bimbos", orator of lies and "hope" or "greatest fraud".
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This. We should by default oppose all expansions of bureaucracy. Only when it is impossible to not expand should it happen.
The bureaucracy kills a lot of idiotic ideas from the popularity contests that promise the world but break the bank, though.
I suppose an indiscriminate damping mechanism could be a good thing in comparison to nothing at all
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oh, true. found some pro marijuana sites that said it came from marijuana, but per more reputable sites it's just contained in marijuana, but derived from hemp. Thanks!
The difference between "marijuana" and "hemp" is only legal, not biological, so a distinction without a difference. Hemp growers use a variety bred to have little THC in it. The species is the same.
The species is the same but it is a biological difference, in the same way that a Chihuahua and a Wolf are genetically the same species but in fact quite different.
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Placebo effect. CBD and THC are not well absorbed topically and there's no data on transdermal bioavailability, so the effective dosage would be unscientific and unknown. The majority of CBD creams fall within the category of snake oil to dupe consumers into spending money just as they do on beauty products. THC absorption by the skin is very low. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12100860/
While some CBD products I do believe to be snake oil, what basis do you have for products containing both CBD and THC to only being effective as a placebo? CBD isn’t truly effective without THC and the THC is what basically turns the snake oil into a legitimately effective product. Additionally, everyone’s sensitivity to marijuana differs and while skin absorption may be “low” that does not mean none and even the eff…
> what basis do you have for products containing both CBD and THC to only being effective as a placebo
Read the article. Because without carrier molecules, cannabinoids cannot be effectively absorbed to do much more than provide minor, dermal-area effects. There's no getting high, and not much deep penetration of anything.
> CBD isn’t truly effective without THC.
Truly what? Based on what evidence? 10 mg of pure CBD in a lipid sublingual tincture is calming if you've ever tried it. Easily distinguishable from placebo.