Marijuana (4 Viewers)

[Goatman Saint]

After the day I had let fire one of those up


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[Tapxe]

https://news.vice.com/article/ungas...-after-decriminalization-drugs-weed-to-heroin

The rate of new HIV infections in Portugal has fallen precipitously since 2001, the year its law took effect, declining from 1,016 cases to only 56 in 2012. Overdose deaths decreased from 80 the year that decriminalization was enacted to only 16 in 2012. In the US, by comparison, more than 14,000 people died in 2014 from prescription opioid overdoses alone. Portugal's current drug-induced death rate, three per million residents, is more than five times lower than the European Union's average of 17.3, according to EU figures.

 

[Goatman Saint]

Yeah and yet here in Jeff Sessions land, it's the devils weed and should be totally outlawed. Makes no sense


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[superchuck500]

My instinct is that this is fairly meaningful:

Perhaps one of the most telling signs of change is the fact that the anti-drug propaganda group known as D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) has not only removed cannabis from its list of gateway drugs but they have stopped lying to children about its dangers.

For more three decades, cops would fear monger about the dangers of marijuana to children who had never even heard of it before. “One hit and your life is over,” they would say, instilling this false fear in America’s youth — luckily, most kids never bought it.

However, DARE no longer mentions marijuana in their fear propaganda, and kids are better for it.

It's Happening -- D.A.R.E. Ends Anti-Weed Campaign, Quietly Removes Pot from Gateway Drug List

 

[saintcool13]

My instinct is that this is fairly meaningful:



It's Happening -- D.A.R.E. Ends Anti-Weed Campaign, Quietly Removes Pot from Gateway Drug List

There is an update on this link. Marijuana was removed by a disgruntled employee and it is now back on the list.

 

[TXSAINTFAN]

There is an update on this link. Marijuana was removed by a disgruntled employee and it is now back on the list.

Booooo! Way to get my hopes up.

 

[Tapxe]

Instead of a new thread thought I'd just put this in here since unless I'm way off, this could potentially impact all drugs.

The argument makes sense to me. There's a ton of ifs and interpretations to it tho.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zm3zya/this-womans-opioid-relapse-could-change-drug-laws-forever

This time, less than a week into court-mandated medication treatment, Eldred relapsed again—and got slapped with ten days in jail after testing positive for the powerful opioid fentanyl. The woman's attorney, Lisa Newman-Polk, argues that it makes sense for a court to mandate someone like her client receive care. But requiring that Eldred essentially be cured within days—and subjecting her more than once to a cell when she failed—was unconstitutional, according to the attorney.

As Newman-Polk summed up the case, "While a court may order a probationer to attend and adhere to treatment, a court cannot constitutionally order a medical/mental health outcome."

If Eldred prevails, drug courts, parole, and probation systems in Massachusetts might be prevented from punishing people in similar situations—and a legal precedent set recognizing addiction as a disease that impairs self-control.

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Newman-Polk—and those who support her client—consider this a violation of the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment. In this case, they say, the government is punishing someone for behavior they cannot control. Advocates note that addiction is defined by the federal government's own National Institute on Drug Abuse as "a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences" and that it is similarly described in psychiatry's diagnostic bible, currently the DSM 5.

As former drug czar Botticelli—who is himself in recovery—put it in an email, if this is how addiction is defined, "incarcerating people based solely on them having a relapse when they have not committed another crime is antithetical to our understanding of addiction." He added that people should be held accountable if they avoid treatment, "but the expectation should be that they are in treatment, not that they are relapse free."

 

[superchuck500]

More people were arrested last year over pot than for murder, rape, aggravated assault and robbery — combined

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-and-robbery-combined/?utm_term=.222b8b30394f

 

[Bronson]

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[Tapxe]

Sessions has effectively shutdown the DEA's medical marijuana research approval process. Seriously, this guy is a piece of ****. We're learning so much about applications and suffering people and families report dramatic benefits. At the same time that we're battling an opioid epidemic, this dinosaur is prohibiting medical research. Disgusting.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...400c5c7e1cc_story.html?utm_term=.af65409b06b9

Guess Sessions is going all in. I think this could backfire on Congress members who have to him, but they've gerrymandered so well who knows...

29 states have legal pot. Jeff Sessions wants to stamp it out, and he's closer than you think - LA Times

But now, Congress may throw it overboard amid pressure from an attorney general who views marijuana as a dangerous menace.

What has become known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment constitutes a single paragraph of federal law. It prohibits the Justice Department from spending even a cent to prosecute medical marijuana users and sellers operating legally under state laws. Since its passage, it has largely shut down efforts by federal prosecutors or drug enforcement officials to interfere with otherwise legal sales of marijuana in 29 states and the District of Columbia that have passed legalization measures.

 

[TXSAINTFAN]

That's a scary story. Sessions is one of the last people you want as AG if you're pro marijuana.

But we knew this when his name came up for appointment.

 

[Taurus]

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I don't know about weightlifting and high-intensity sports, but weed is perfect for bowling. It gives you a relaxed focus that really helps.

 

[Suavecito8]

Guess Sessions is going all in. I think this could backfire on Congress members who have to him, but they've gerrymandered so well who knows...

29 states have legal pot. Jeff Sessions wants to stamp it out, and he's closer than you think - LA Times

I really really dislike that dude..

 

[buzd]

Marijuana farms burning up, and they can't insure them because it's still illegal federally.

Marijuana farms are burning in California wildfires - Oct. 12, 2017

 

[Tapxe]

Marijuana farms burning up, and they can't insure them because it's still illegal federally.

Marijuana farms are burning in California wildfires - Oct. 12, 2017

Hmmm, govt conspiracy against wine and pot? Where was Sessions when this started?