Marijuana U.S.A.!!

[Medicine Man]

It's where THE TAX-BUCK$ ARE!!​

August 5, 2016 - "Illinois medical marijuana regulators today lifted an unusual prohibition on media outlets visiting the state’s cultivation facilities, a move growers hope will allow them to better educate patients and the public about their products.

The state’s new medical cannabis director, Jack Campbell, made the announcement in a hastily called conference call with cultivation company representatives, according to Charles Bachtell, CEO of Cresco Labs, who was on the call. Cresco Labs is a cultivator and processor headquartered in Kankakee, Illinois."

http://mjbizdaily.com/illinois-medical-cannabis-cultivators-now-allowed-to-have-media/​

 

[Medicine Man]

July 14, 2016 - "The enactment of statewide medicinal cannabis laws is associated with a quantifiable decline in the use of traditional prescription drugs, according to data published in the July edition of the scientific journal Health Affairs.

Investigators at the University of Georgia assessed the relationship between medical marijuana legalization laws and physicians' prescribing patterns in 17 states over a three-year period (2010 to 2013). Specifically, researchers assessed patients' consumption of and spending on prescription drugs approved under Medicare Part D in nine domains: anxiety, depression, glaucoma, nausea, pain, psychosis, seizures, sleep disorders, and spasticity.

Authors reported that prescription drug use fell significantly in seven of the nine domains assessed.

"Generally, we found that when a medical marijuana law went into effect, prescribing for FDA-approved prescription drugs under Medicare Part D fell substantially," investigators reported. "Ultimately, we estimated that nationally the Medicare program and its enrollers spent around $165.2 million less in 2013 as a result of changed prescribing behaviors induced by ... jurisdictions that had legalized medical marijuana."

Investigators estimated that prescription drug savings would total more than $468 million annually were cannabis therapy to be accessible in all 50 states."

http://norml.org/news/2016/07/14/st...-less-prescription-drug-use-medicare-spending​

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[another1]

Saving the insurance companies money by making weed legal would hurt the RX industry. The use of illegal Marijuana exposes millions to drug dealers who sell much more than grass. There is a lot of money for the RX industry in grass being illegal because most of the illegally sold (high dollar) American drugs are RX.

Are you annoyed by goofy ass pot culture? Notice everything associated with pot in the movies is dumb as hell. Do you know anyone who actually acts like that? Then there are people exaggerating their own loserdom online. Turning trumpets and cars into bongs. That doesn't help things. Most organizations meant to represent legalization are stupid and creepy. People always laugh and cheer when a talk show host mentions anything about pot. The host just knows to pause after mumbling something vague about weed. It becomes hard to laugh when you physically need it.

Then you have the names of Marijuana strains. They sound cute, but uninviting. "Triple Afghan-Slam/Armaggedon Deathstar" isn't the name of a medicine. That isn't something you want to tell a chemotherapy patient they will have to inhale in order to feel better. Growers with dreads and bugs on their heads may want to take the government approach, and dub their creations something like "G-13", which is very a lovely thing indeed.

Heard about the cartels spraying tons of marijuana with glass powders? It gives the buds a nice sheen. Adulterating weed like heroin or coke is so unnecessary. There are cases of kids getting emphysema symptoms from smoking it. Cartels shouldn't be burdened with supplying weed to America anyway. American farmers can take care of that.

 

[untermensche]

Where marijuana would harm the prescription pharmaceutical industry is in illness that have a psychological component, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and pain.

You can't totally treat some kinds of pain with marijuana but it is a better adjunct than many prescription alternatives.

 

[Medicine Man]

Are you annoyed by goofy ass pot culture? Notice everything associated with pot in the movies is dumb as hell. Do you know anyone who actually acts like that? Then there are people exaggerating their own loserdom online. Turning trumpets and cars into bongs. That doesn't help things. Most organizations meant to represent legalization are stupid and creepy. People always laugh and cheer when a talk show host mentions anything about pot. The host just knows to pause after mumbling something vague about weed. It becomes hard to laugh when you physically need it.

I hardly think anyone needs any insight, on marijuana, from the home o' Oxycontin-addiction.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-opioid-epidemic-is-so-bad-in-west-virginia-2016-4

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The civilized-world is doing just fine.....

http://www.westword.com/marijuana/laws​

 

[another1]

Right. Had five acquaintances die so far this month. This city is actually the worst in the nation when it comes to overdoses. If these WV junkies were able to get their weed from dispensaries, they wouldn't be down in the west end buying glass-blasted schwag from heroin dealers. Pennsylvania is four hours from me, buy the way. I go there often. Nightmarish urban decay in every direction. Even Cannonsburg is crumbling from inside. Bridgeville. Morgantown. Rand. The entire road from here to there is the same. Pills everywhere. Some as high as $150. Trust me I drive it a lot. The whole drive, I see signs decorated with "Suboxone treatment" ads, which are another big problem that I'd like to talk about if you want.

I don't know how hurting my feelings about my dying community serves your point. Only differences between your "civilized world" and this one, are the price of your dope and the shape of your roads. Though Pennsylvania seems promising for patients, so I may switch my residency back. Ohio looked promising, but these things are back and forth. WV's main cash crop is cannabis. Not hemp, which is legal to grow in WV. Doesn't make sense that WV isn't top of the list for legalization, considering it is such a savage and uncivilized hellhole.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Right. Had five acquaintances die so far this month. This city is actually the worst in the nation when it comes to overdoses. If these WV junkies were able to get their weed from dispensaries, they wouldn't be down in the west end buying glass-blasted schwag from heroin dealers.

Yeah, this is one of the big reasons for legalization. Stuff from companies that can be sued will be much higher purity than street stuff.

 

[Medicine Man]

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Right. Had five acquaintances die so far this month. This city is actually the worst in the nation when it comes to overdoses. If these WV junkies were able to get their weed from dispensaries, they wouldn't be down in the west end buying glass-blasted schwag from heroin dealers.

Yeah, this is one of the big reasons for legalization. Stuff from companies that can be sued will be much higher purity than street stuff.​

Well....it USED to be that way.....until Lil' Dumbya gave Afghanistan a HUUUUUGE "thumb$-up"!!!!


http://www.newsmax.com/Pre-2008/Bush-Will-Not-Stop/2002/03/28/id/666130/

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/health/heroin-deaths-quadruple/​

 

[Medicine Man]

August 3, 2016 - "Doctors, social workers and academics are criticizing a Vermont health department marijuana study completed earlier this year which helped persuade the state’s House of Representatives to reject a recreational cannabis bill in May.

Critics of the 84-page report charged it was narrowly focused on the negative aspects of marijuana, the Burlington Free Press reported.

Had lawmakers approved the recreational MJ bill, Vermont would have become the first state in the nation to approve legalization through its legislature.

The Vermont Department of Health was tasked with assessing the public health risks of marijuana legalization in the state, and released its findings and policy recommendations in mid-January. Department officials warned much more needed to be known about marijuana , the newspaper said."

http://mjbizdaily.com/influential-vermont-marijuana-study-criticized/​

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[Medicine Man]

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[untermensche]

This is an issue the Libertarians have been on the right side for a long time.

It is not the government's business what I put into my lungs or what I eat in the privacy of my home.

It is only drugs some people want to ban because children could possibly be harmed, never guns or electricity or foreign invasions.

 

[Medicine Man]

This is an issue the Libertarians have been on the right side for a long time.​

.....Making you wonder how many "conservatives" are (actually) inve$ting-in.....under the cover o' darkness.​

August 10, 2016 - "A New York-based private equity firm has raised $93 million to pump into cannabis companies, giving it the largest pool of capital ever gathered for marijuana-related investments.

Tuatara Capital, founded in 2014, announced today that it has closed out its two funds and will use the capital to make equity investments in high-growth cannabis companies in the research & testing, cultivation, processing, consumer and retail sub-sectors.

Tuatara said its original fund target was $80 million, meaning the firm surpassed its goal by about 16%.

The amount is significantly larger than the $75 million raised by cannabis-focused private equity firm Privateer Holdings early last year.

Al Foreman, the firm’s chief investment officer, told Marijuana Business Daily that individuals accounted for the bulk of the investors.

He also said some “quasi” institutions ponied up money, describing these as “professional organizations who are managing capital on behalf of large family and other professional investors.”

http://mjbizdaily.com/tuatara-raises-93m-for-cannabis-investments/​

 

[Elixir]

Here in Colorado, it's (almost) fully legal. There are pot shops everywhere. Have to wonder - when it was first legalized I grew a couple of plants... sheee-hitt! There must have been POUNDS on each plant. If everyone in the state grew the three plants allowed and they all turned out like that, we could supply the entire solar system. I might have enough for life and beyond. How do those shops even stay in business?

Home growers could put the smugglers and cartels as well as Big Pharma AND those pot shops out of business. Why don't they do it? Oklahoma is bitching about pot coming in from Colorado... they would apparently rather that Oklahomans finance smugglers and cartels. Idiots.

 

[Medicine Man]

Here in Colorado, it's (almost) fully legal. There are pot shops everywhere. Have to wonder - when it was first legalized I grew a couple of plants... sheee-hitt! There must have been POUNDS on each plant. If everyone in the state grew the three plants allowed and they all turned out like that, we could supply the entire solar system. I might have enough for life and beyond. How do those shops even stay in business?

Home growers could put the smugglers and cartels as well as Big Pharma AND those pot shops out of business. Why don't they do it? Oklahoma is bitching about pot coming in from Colorado... they would apparently rather that Oklahomans finance smugglers and cartels. Idiots.

.....And, you're where, in Colorado. I lived there, for 21 years.​

 

[ZiprHead]

CBS News is reporting this morning that the DEA will not reclassify marijuana.

 

[Medicine Man]

CBS News is reporting this morning that the DEA will not reclassify marijuana.

.....And, Thank God!!....they've got the alcohol-industry in their corner.​

August 11, 2016 - "In this climate it’s good to know the alcohol industry is concerned about our well-being, so much so that they would spend money to lobby Congress on our behalf. If there’s any industry that cares about societal good health, it’s the alcohol industry."

http://www.dailyrepublic.com/opinion/alcohol-industry-showing-its-concern/​

 

[Loren Pechtel]

CBS News is reporting this morning that the DEA will not reclassify marijuana.

In other news, the sun rose in the east.

 

[Medicine Man]

CBS News is reporting this morning that the DEA will not reclassify marijuana.

In other news, the sun rose in the east.​

.....And, more-and-MORE people are recognizing the value of minimizing STRESS!!!


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[whichphilosophy]

August 3, 2016 - "Doctors, social workers and academics are criticizing a Vermont health department marijuana study completed earlier this year which helped persuade the state’s House of Representatives to reject a recreational cannabis bill in May.

Critics of the 84-page report charged it was narrowly focused on the negative aspects of marijuana, the Burlington Free Press reported.

Had lawmakers approved the recreational MJ bill, Vermont would have become the first state in the nation to approve legalization through its legislature.

The Vermont Department of Health was tasked with assessing the public health risks of marijuana legalization in the state, and released its findings and policy recommendations in mid-January. Department officials warned much more needed to be known about marijuana , the newspaper said."

http://mjbizdaily.com/influential-vermont-marijuana-study-criticized/​

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We have enough legalized drugs through barmen, liquor stores, psychiatrists, doctors and chemists.

 

[Medicine Man]

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We have enough legalized drugs through barmen, liquor stores, psychiatrists, doctors and chemists.​

....i.e.....enough to suit YOU.

Unfortunately....in your eyes.....obviously.....

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

YOU don't get to decide what's "appropriate" for everyone-else.

YOUR "absolutes" are no-longer required.

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