New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal

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Post by cwilson » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 1:46 PM UTC

New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal
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Re: New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal

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Post by jug5 » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:18 PM UTC

Never go full retard.

Re: New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal

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Post by 1024core » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:19 PM UTC

I am so fucking tired of the DEA and the joke it has become. And I will also blame Obama for continuing this mess: as someone who smoked pot heavily in his youth (and still turned out OK), for his administration to continue this lie that cannabis is some super gateway drug and has no medicinal value, is shameful.

Science, bitches! Put aside your religious biases and ask: What does science say?

/rant

Re: New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal

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Post by chimeracoder » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:22 PM UTC

1024core wrote: post #3

I am so fucking tired of the DEA and the joke it has become. And I will also blame Obama for continuing this mess: as someone who smoked pot heavily in his youth (and still turned out OK), for his administration to continue this lie that cannabis is some super gateway drug and has no medicinal value, is shameful. Science, bitches! Put aside your religious biases and ask: What does science say? /rant

> And I will also blame Obama for continuing this mess

He didn't just continue it; he doubled down on it.

For some reason, Obama receives credit for relaxing laws on medical marijuana, but the reality is the opposite. Obama actually increased the rate of crackdowns on dispensaries in states with medical marijuana, and spent far more on enforcing federal marijuana laws in these states than either Bush or Clinton did[0].

After Amendment 64/Initiative 501 passed in CO and WA respectively, it's true that he didn't take as strong action against them as he could have. But that's a really low bar to apply to the president who said he "inhaled frequently - that was the point", promised to let states decide their own marijuana laws, and (when he ran for Senate in 2004) advocated decriminalization of marijuana laws.

[0] https://www.greenrushdaily.com/2016/02/24/dispensary-raids-r...

Re: New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal

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Post by jliptzin » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:23 PM UTC

1024core wrote: post #3

I am so fucking tired of the DEA and the joke it has become. And I will also blame Obama for continuing this mess: as someone who smoked pot heavily in his youth (and still turned out OK), for his administration to continue this lie that cannabis is some super gateway drug and has no medicinal value, is shameful. Science, bitches! Put aside your religious biases and ask: What does science say? /rant

About half of the voting public only cares about science when it confirms their existing beliefs.

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Post by 1024core » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:23 PM UTC

Exactly! Yet another politician who goes against common sense and does the exact opposite of what he said on the campaign trail. And people wonder why Trump won?!?

Edit: Are there people on HN who'll downvote anything with the string "Trump" in it? Not that I care about downvotes (it's just an int in some volatile memory on some server), but I'm surprised people would downvote without even reading.

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Post by xroche » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:24 PM UTC

1024core wrote: post #3

I am so fucking tired of the DEA and the joke it has become. And I will also blame Obama for continuing this mess: as someone who smoked pot heavily in his youth (and still turned out OK), for his administration to continue this lie that cannabis is some super gateway drug and has no medicinal value, is shameful. Science, bitches! Put aside your religious biases and ask: What does science say? /rant

Reason: the DEA will lose power with less regulated substances. The only goal of some bureaucrats is to collect power, not only because it allows to have a better pay, but because mediocre people are inherently attracted to power itself.

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Post by Analemma_ » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:27 PM UTC

jliptzin wrote: post #5

1024core wrote: post #3

I am so fucking tired of the DEA and the joke it has become. And I will also blame Obama for continuing this mess: as someone who smoked pot heavily in his youth (and still turned out OK), for his administration to continue this lie that cannabis is some super gateway drug and has no medicinal value, is shameful. Science, bitches! Put aside your religious biases and ask: What does science say? /rant

About half of the voting public only cares about science when it confirms their existing beliefs.

It is much, much more than half.

Re: New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil Is Really Illegal

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Post by jliptzin » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:28 PM UTC

Analemma_ wrote: post #8

jliptzin wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About half of the voting public only cares about science when it confirms their existing beliefs.

It is much, much more than half.

I was trying not to sound hyperbolic, but you're probably right.

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Post by tobltobs » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

1024core wrote: post #6

Exactly! Yet another politician who goes against common sense and does the exact opposite of what he said on the campaign trail. And people wonder why Trump won?!? Edit: Are there people on HN who'll downvote anything with the string "Trump" in it? Not that I care about downvotes (it's just an int in some volatile memory on some server), but I'm surprised people would downvote without even reading.

"And people wonder why Trump won?!?"

Because they where so dumb to believe the rubbish Trump said?