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Post by elystokie on Sept 6, 2023 16:10:51 GMT
Another cannabis myth thoroughly debunked - norml.org/blog/2023/09/05/norml-op-ed-lets-dispel-the-myth-that-cannabis-and-tobacco-smoke-are-equally-hazardous-to-health/"In short, it is misleading at best and disingenuous at worst to imply that cannabis smoke exposure is either equal to or more hazardous to health than tobacco smoking, or to imply that long-term data on its respiratory effects do not exist. They do and the findings of these studies are clear and consistent. The risks associated with cannabis smoke and tobacco smoke are far from equal and the public should not be chastised for rightfully acknowledging their differences."
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Post by elystokie on Sept 8, 2023 7:20:39 GMT
South Africa police not enforcing morally corrupt cannabis laws - www.medicalmarijuana.com/south-african-police-wont-arrest-you-for-growing-weed-in-your-house-or-your-car/?utm_source=Medical+Marijuana+-+News&utm_campaign=8cd525ee93-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_80b71be133-8cd525ee93-225621177"“No arrests are to be made for personal and private cultivation and/or possession of cannabis, which activities are not criminal,” Brigadier Mathe said. “Furthermore, no arrests of alleged cannabis offenders should be effected merely for the reason to achieve predetermined targets and without assurance that there is indeed a crime that will be enrolled and prosecuted by the National Prosecuting Authority,” Mathe said, referring to police quotas maintaining officers make a certain amount of arrests each month for certain types of crimes." How refreshing, not to mention good for their society, that their police will now have more time to investigate assaults, burglaries, corruption, car theft etc. I look forward to the Daily Mail telling us it caused someones cat to eat its own kittens or something similar 🤦
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Post by elystokie on Sept 8, 2023 11:30:28 GMT
35 years ago this week the DEA's Chief Administrative Judge ruled that cannabis should be reclassified under federal law. norml.org/blog/2023/09/06/35-years-ago-today-deas-chief-administrative-law-judge-ruled-that-cannabis-should-be-reclassified-under-federal-law/ “Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance in light of the evidence in this record.” DEA Judge Francis Young (Sept 6, 1988) 'Rational analysis' you say 🤔
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Post by marylandstoke on Sept 8, 2023 11:56:55 GMT
The actual reason cannabis was made illegal, nothing to do with health, social harm or any of the other much vaunted (and disproved) reasons. It, or rather it's cousin hemp, threatened the plans of some narcissistic racist arseholes is the reason. cannabis.net/blog/history/was-hemp-the-reason-marijuana-was-illegalized"While factors such as racism, classism and control do have a big influence in the initial illegalization of cannabis…the main reason why marijuana was prohibited is because of Hemp." There was a time in the US when you could pay your taxes in hemp 🙂 As I sit in what once would have been the tobacco garden of the world.
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Post by elystokie on Sept 8, 2023 12:06:11 GMT
The actual reason cannabis was made illegal, nothing to do with health, social harm or any of the other much vaunted (and disproved) reasons. It, or rather it's cousin hemp, threatened the plans of some narcissistic racist arseholes is the reason. cannabis.net/blog/history/was-hemp-the-reason-marijuana-was-illegalized"While factors such as racism, classism and control do have a big influence in the initial illegalization of cannabis…the main reason why marijuana was prohibited is because of Hemp." There was a time in the US when you could pay your taxes in hemp 🙂 As I sit in what once would have been the tobacco garden of the world. What a better place the world would be if they'd been hemp fields 🤦
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Post by marylandstoke on Sept 9, 2023 0:54:11 GMT
More good news:
Maryland officials have announced that the first round of applications for new adult-use marijuana dispensary, cultivation and processing licenses will open on November 13—reserved exclusively for social equity businesses.
The Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) said on Friday that it will ultimately be accepting a total of 179 marijuana licensees following the 30-day application period, including 75 dispensaries, 16 growers and 32 processors.
That will more than double the number of retailers in the state, where currently only existing medical marijuana dispensaries that converted to dual licenses are serving adult consumers.
The application process for this round is also meant to promote diversity and prevent large businesses from dominating the adult-use market.
People can only be associated with one application per license type, and they’re restricted from submitting more than two applications altogether in a single round.
MCA additionally said it “will not award any licenses that would violate statutory ownership or control restrictions,” meaning people can apply for both standard and micro licenses, they can only be awarded one. Applicants also can’t receive more than one of the same license type in different regions of the state.
“Today’s announcement is another step forward in fulfilling Maryland’s commitment to building an equitable and inclusive cannabis industry,” MCA Acting Director Will Tilburg said in a press release on Friday. “This application round will more than double the number of cannabis businesses in the State, and each award will be to a verified social equity applicant.”
There are caps on the number of licenses that can be awarded per region, with 11 standard dispensary licenses available in Baltimore City, compared to one in Worcester, for example.
Friday’s announcement also comes days after MCA unveiled a new portal that will allow people to check their eligibility for a social equity marijuana business license before regulators begin to accept the applications.
Equity applicants are defined as those whose business is at least 65 percent owned by people who’ve lived in a designated “disproportionately impacted area” for a minimum of five of the last 10 years. They must also have attended a public school in such an area for at least five years, or attended a four-year college in Maryland where at least 40 percent of the students are eligible for a federal Pell Grant.
Maryland’s cannabis market has proved popular since opening in July. The state saw nearly $92 million in marijuana sales in August—and an increase from July’s $87 million in receipts and more than double the typical sales numbers from when the market was open only to medical patients.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Commerce (DOC) is started accepting applications for $40 million in grant funding to social equity applicants with pre-approval last month.
Regulators have already been accepting applications to provide grants through the same fund to help existing medical marijuana businesses convert into dual licensees that can serve the adult-use market.
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Post by elystokie on Sept 9, 2023 6:14:42 GMT
You just wait, the sky will have fallen in by Xmas! 😂
D'you know if they're setting the taxes aside for specific causes like in some other States or do they go into the overall State budget?
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Post by elystokie on Sept 9, 2023 7:18:13 GMT
By remarkable coincidence I got an email telling me how, entirely as expected, the response to the petition from the government confirmed that they won't be allowing current medical cannabis patients to grow their own medicine.
Thus ruling out swathes of the population who are in need of CBMP but can't afford the (average) £155 per month.
The more cynical amongst us will obviously suspect that, somewhere down the line MP's stand to make something from this decision, it's not like the Tory government hasn't got (masses of) form for these sorts of shenanigans.
Theresa May stood up in parliament in 2017 to confirm that cannabis has 'no medicinal value'.
Obviously a ridiculous statement in itself but when you make that statement and your Drugs Minister and your husband are involved in growing errm medicinal cannabis you're either very, very stupid (I'd happily level that accusation at Liz Truss 🤡) or you have an ulterior motive, I can't think of another explanation.
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Post by elystokie on Sept 19, 2023 12:27:21 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Sept 28, 2023 7:47:41 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Sept 30, 2023 4:26:21 GMT
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Post by cobhamstokey on Sept 30, 2023 6:46:54 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Sept 30, 2023 8:58:46 GMT
They're part of the drug rehabilitation game aren't they, the people that produce that website? They stand to lose a fortune once the emperor gets fully clothed, of course they'll take this stance 😃 Nora Wolkow has changed her stance on cannabis over the last few years I believe, since she got a proper hammering in a senate committee over it, I'll try and find the vid later. 'Dr' Kevin Sabet - he uses the prefix 'Dr' due to a sociology qualification, nothing to do with science or medicine but he likes to portray a the image he has, been fighting (and losing) the war on drugs for years, it's his whole career. You might want to take a look at his twitter feed and that of SAM (see if you can find the SAM shuffle that some wag has designed - it's hilarious 😂) and various other prohibionists, when I could view Twitter his and their views got regularly dismantled (amidst no small amount of scorn it has to be said) If there's anyone left they/he haven't banned it'll probably still be the same, they often found it was the only answer to the masses of info provided they had left. All very Emperor's New Clothes isn't it? Problem is many states and countries have now clothed their Emperor and people in other states and countries are starting to see theirs is naked, it's happening in the UK too 🙂 so people like Sabet are getting more and more desperate. Do you still think it's a good idea to prohibit something that helps people live healthier and longer with no long term poor health effects? Why?
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Post by elystokie on Oct 3, 2023 16:04:15 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 5, 2023 14:22:21 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 8, 2023 9:22:07 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 16, 2023 7:09:36 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 20, 2023 7:43:15 GMT
Ohio pretty much nailed on to be next barring intervention from the authorities.. 'NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano agrees. “Historically, when given the choice, voters have consistently chosen to reject cannabis criminalization and to embrace legalization and regulation,” he said. “Ohioans have seen similar legalization laws adopted in neighboring states and they know that regulating the cannabis market is preferable to the failed policy of prohibition.” norml.org/blog/2023/10/18/ohio-latest-polling-finds-marijuana-legalization-ballot-measure-almost-certain-to-pass/
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Post by elystokie on Oct 20, 2023 8:11:42 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 24, 2023 18:23:06 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 26, 2023 15:15:11 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Oct 30, 2023 14:54:49 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Nov 8, 2023 9:26:36 GMT
Ohio residents have voted to put some clothes on their Emperor 🙂 Ohio becoming the 24th state to legalise recreational cannabis means that over half of US Citizens can now access legal recreational cannabis. Evidently the 'sky falling in' in Canada and the states that have already legalised wasn't enough of a deterrent 😉 This was quite a 'key' victory given the relative size of the state and the fact it means more Americans now have access to recreational cannabis than can't, well done Ohio. www.politico.com/news/2023/11/07/ohio-marijuana-legalization-vote-results-00125991
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Post by elystokie on Nov 8, 2023 11:02:33 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Nov 9, 2023 16:04:28 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Nov 22, 2023 14:11:12 GMT
America getting closer to Federal legalisation, when they do it must make the UK government's position on recreational cannabis untenable - www.medicalmarijuana.com/chuck-schumer-says-time-has-come-to-end-prohibition-of-cannabis/?utm_source=Medical+Marijuana+-+News&utm_campaign=45811c3e33-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_80b71be133-45811c3e33-225621177“Fifteen years ago, before marijuana was legalized anywhere, people said, ‘Oh, there’ll be a lot more crime’, ‘People will become much more addicted’. Guess what? None of that happened,” Schumer said, noting the lasting harm of the War on Drugs, which failed to extinguish drug abuse but instead led to the harsh criminalization of Black and brown communities. It’s bad enough that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called the War on Drugs “the New Jim Crow.” “The legalization of states worked out remarkably well. They were a great success. The parade of horribles never came about, and people got more freedom. And people in those states seem very happy.”
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Post by elystokie on Nov 29, 2023 8:46:51 GMT
Pensioners in the US 'foolishly' ignoring all the warnings of 'Reefer Madness' they must surely 'know' it'll cause them to murder their families and jump out of hotel windows! 😂 norml.org/blog/2023/11/27/survey-more-than-ten-percent-of-older-americans-have-consumed-cannabis-products-in-the-past-year/'The survey’s findings are consistent with those of others reporting rising rates of cannabis use among older adults and seniors over the the past decade. Separate data published earlier this year found that most older adults possess positive perceptions about cannabis, and several recent studies show that marijuana use is typically associated with quality of life improvements in seniors.' We don't want any of that 'quality of life improvements' nonsense over here thank you very much, far more important that our Emperor remains bollock naked 🤡
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Post by elystokie on Dec 19, 2023 7:41:31 GMT
One reason we're struggling to get legal recreational cannabis in the UK, Pharmaceutical companies being another - www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-will-gain-millions-of-consumers-over-alcohol-with-sales-hitting-37-billion-by-2027-investment-bank-projects/"Data from a Gallup survey published in August also found that Americans consider marijuana to be less harmful than alcohol, cigarettes, vapes and other tobacco products. A separate survey released by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and Morning Consult in June also found that Americans consider marijuana to be significantly less dangerous than cigarettes, alcohol and opioids—and they say cannabis is less addictive than each of those substances, as well as technology." It thankfully seems people in the USA are gradually seeing Reefer Madness for total load of bollocks it always was.
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Post by elystokie on Dec 19, 2023 9:26:25 GMT
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