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Perhaps the statistical rise in usage is due to the fact that reporting usage was criminal before decriminalization.
Yep, and there's plenty of people who would benefit from a some marijuana usage, but would never do it through other means.
Freeman said the findings, published in Lancet Psychiatry, were “encouraging” for policymakers who were considering decriminalising cannabis or strictly regulating the drug in legal markets. The impact of an open market, where the drug is sold in a similar way to alcohol and tobacco, was very different, however.
This is an article about how capitalism ruins everything.
This is an article about how people like to get high, and the ability to safely buy quality/trust worthy product makes them feel more comfortable doing so.
You could make every dispensary a Government entity in the way that some states run their liquor stores, and the effect would be exactly the same. Stop making capitalism the boogieman for every negative you perceive in the world.
This entire penguin has a point.
It's time to nationalize all vital industries.
Starting with cannabis.
This penguin would prefer a different administration in charge before we nationalize anything.
And realistically a more robust system of government with better safeguards.
I feel like a lot of the problems could be solved if you could get some low potency stuff instead of the weapons grade stuff they all sell.
The potency is crazy. I don’t get the edibles.
“Take 1/4 of this and it will wreck you”
Why would I eat 1/4 of a gummie bear and save it for later? Why can’t I just eat a bowl of gummies, through the night, like beer?
You could just smoke less. I would rather inhale as little as possible. Use a one hitter and both problems solved. Lighter on your wallet too. Then there's always the option of mixing in CBD or something as a buffer if you prefer to smoke giant blunts or something for ego.
Just grow it yourself.
Boy it will be like a sitcom when a bunch of old Millennials will describe to their teenage black market pot dealers what it was like when it was legal.
it'll be old hippies talking about the days before the controlled substances act all over again...