Marijuana (7 Viewers)

[SWJJ]

Bill that would ban sales of THC products in the state moves forward

SB237 would stop sales with items containing 8mg of THC or less

www.wdsu.com

Thomas Pressley (the author of the bill and my state senator) is beholden to his campaign contributors who have forced him to push this bill. My friend is the president of the Lark brand of THC and CBD products. He grew up in Louisiana but moved to California where he was a musical professional after high school. He became a self-taught organic chemist and created the Lark Brand, which is distributed in twenty some odd states. When we decriminalized all this stuff he moved his family back to Louisiana so his children can be near their grandmother. He has been fighting against bad legislation constantly since he returned. This was the straw that broke him. Dozens of good paying jobs (just in his company) will now be leaving the state, and he's gonna sell his properties here and move to NW Arkansas. He can still distribute to AR and MO from there and the governments are less interested in destroying small businesses.

 

[TheRealJRad]

Bill that would ban sales of THC products in the state moves forward

SB237 would stop sales with items containing 8mg of THC or less

www.wdsu.com

Well it's been nice having some degree of pain management

 

[antipop]

i figured it wouldn't be long before they went after the deltas

 

[The Nomad]

With this regime, no one should be surprised.

 

[DaveXA]

Thomas Pressley (the author of the bill and my state senator) is beholden to his campaign contributors who have forced him to push this bill. My friend is the president of the Lark brand of THC and CBD products. He grew up in Louisiana but moved to California where he was a musical professional after high school. He became a self-taught organic chemist and created the Lark Brand, which is distributed in twenty some odd states. When we decriminalized all this stuff he moved his family back to Louisiana so his children can be near their grandmother. He has been fighting against bad legislation constantly since he returned. This was the straw that broke him. Dozens of good paying jobs (just in his company) will now be leaving the state, and he's gonna sell his properties here and move to NW Arkansas. He can still distribute to AR and MO from there and the governments are less interested in destroying small businesses.

Yeah, the state political bigwigs just don't give a sheet. Ugh. They'll never learn.

 

[Tapxe]

Geez the lack of education is making for some bad looks.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/health/cannabis-edibles-poisoning-older-adults-wellness/index.html

 

[Craigj]

I got approved for medical marijuana. It was super easy. The phone call with "Doctor" literally took a minute and thirty seconds. Then it was sent to the local dispensary within an hour.

 

[TheRealJRad]

I got approved for medical marijuana. It was super easy. The phone call with "Doctor" literally took a minute and thirty seconds. Then it was sent to the local dispensary within an hour.

I’m waiting on a callback for my consultation, hoping it’s as smooth. I went with a doctor my primary care referred me to.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

My moms doctor that she has been going to for 20 someting years refuses to give her a prescription. She doesn't want to change because she really likes everything else. So she just piggy backs off my dads prescrition. She's 80, so she couldn't care less about "needing" a prescription for legal reasons..lol

 

[Tapxe]

My moms doctor that she has been going to for 20 someting years refuses to give her a prescription. She doesn't want to change because she really likes everything else. So she just piggy backs off my dads prescrition. She's 80, so she couldn't care less about "needing" a prescription for legal reasons..lol

She can go thru another Dr for the prescription. My mom finally took my advice and did that.

Since she can piggy back it's not a big deal, but at some point, she may find herself needing her own and it might not be an optimal time to do it.

 

[2009ring]

Bill that would ban sales of THC products in the state moves forward

SB237 would stop sales with items containing 8mg of THC or less

www.wdsu.com

I dont' know why these people can't get out of the 1950's.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

She can go thru another Dr for the prescription. My mom finally took my advice and did that.

Since she can piggy back it's not a big deal, but at some point, she may find herself needing her own and it might not be an optimal time to do it.

I'm assumng being on Medicare, its not as easy to find another.. but who knows, they live in the boonies, so maybe shes just not willing to travel, wihch is why my dad was so excited that he can now get it delivered...lol

 

[Optimus Prime]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions Monday, according to a news report.

The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people. Moore, a Democrat, told The Washington Post Sunday night that criminal records have been used to deny housing, employment and education.

“I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” Moore said. “If you want to be able to create inclusive economic growth, it means you have to start removing these barriers that continue to disproportionately sit on communities of color.”

Recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in 2023 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022. Now, 24 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational cannabis.



Moore plans to sign the executive order Monday morning in the state Capitol in Annapolis with Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown in attendance.

Brown, a Democrat, described the pardons as “certainly long overdue as a nation” and “a racial equity issue.”

“While the pardons will extend to anyone and everyone with a misdemeanor conviction for the possession of marijuana or paraphernalia, this unequivocally, without any doubt or reservation, disproportionately impacts — in a good way — Black and Brown Marylanders,” Brown told the Post.……

Tens of thousands of Marylanders receive pardons for marijuana convictions

Recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in 2023 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022.

apnews.com

 

[DaveXA]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions Monday, according to a news report.

The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people. Moore, a Democrat, told The Washington Post Sunday night that criminal records have been used to deny housing, employment and education.

“I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” Moore said. “If you want to be able to create inclusive economic growth, it means you have to start removing these barriers that continue to disproportionately sit on communities of color.”

Recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in 2023 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022. Now, 24 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational cannabis.



Moore plans to sign the executive order Monday morning in the state Capitol in Annapolis with Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown in attendance.

Brown, a Democrat, described the pardons as “certainly long overdue as a nation” and “a racial equity issue.”

“While the pardons will extend to anyone and everyone with a misdemeanor conviction for the possession of marijuana or paraphernalia, this unequivocally, without any doubt or reservation, disproportionately impacts — in a good way — Black and Brown Marylanders,” Brown told the Post.……

Tens of thousands of Marylanders receive pardons for marijuana convictions

Recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in 2023 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022.

apnews.com

Good. People with simple possession of weed convictions should absolutely not be in prison.

 

[buzd]

Good. People with simple possession of weed convictions should absolutely not be in prison.

FWIW, it didn't say they were in prison.