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Ramahs

Ramahs

Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
florduh said:
It's either a failure to read my mind or a failure of reading comprehension. I was trying to be charitable. I've known that fable for at least a decade. I assure you, I understand the point it makes fully.



Some people are decent enough to put Country before Party. You seem to be under the impression that only "the left" dislikes Trump. Most celebrated conservative and libertarian intellectuals I follow find Trump to be odious. Not because of his policies, but because having an embarrassing, indecent, historically dishonest, corrupt Game Show Host as our President isn't worth a Supreme Court pick or two. I get you disagree with them, but there is condemnation of Trump across the political spectrum. And I don't think their criticism is baseless.

I do agree that on cannabis, Trump is preferable to Pence. But the Justice System may make my preferences irrelevant. You are right that Trump "wants to make a deal" as well. He's likely planning to replace a few Justice Dept officials in the near future. He'd like Gardner to vote yes on their confirmation. So in this case having a transactional President is good for our community. And I applaud the President for that.

But we shouldn't count our chickens before they're hatched. If Trump pulls a "Saturday Night Massacre" in the near future, Gardner may refuse to keep his end of the deal. Besides being a "deal maker", Trump is also famously vindictive. I could see him ordering raids on Colorado dispensaries just for revenge.
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Yeah, I've never been a fan of the idea of being offered a large bowl of shit to eat, and a small bowl of shit to eat, and being told that I should be happy that I have the choice to eat a lot less shit in the smaller bowl, and that I should appreciate that much at least...when I'd really rather put cereal with milk in the bowl because I don't want to eat shit at all.
 
florduh

florduh

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Ramahs said:
Yeah, I've never been a fan of the idea of being offered a large bowl of shit to eat, and a small bowl of shit to eat, and being told that I should be happy that I have the choice to eat a lot less shit in the smaller bowl, and that I should appreciate that much at least...when I'd really rather put cereal with milk in the bowl because I don't want to eat shit at all.
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I've never been a fan of it either. But recent events have taught me you're going to eat a bowl of shit no matter what, so maybe it's best to do your part to ensure it's the smaller bowl of shit.
 
macbill

macbill

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Marijuana-based drug gets positive review from US agency

British drugmaker GW Pharmaceuticals is seeking permission to sell its purified form of an ingredient found in cannabis — one that doesn't get users high — as a medication for rare, hard-to-treat seizures in children. If successful, the company's liquid formula would be the first government-approved drug derived from the cannabis plant in the U.S.
 
macbill

macbill

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Sen. Chuck Schumer to introduce bill to “decriminalize” marijuana

The Minority Leader of the Senate is making it official the day before 4/20: He’s down with legal weed.

In an exclusive interview with VICE News, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) confirmed he is putting his name on legislation that he said is aimed at “decriminalizing” marijuana at the federal level.

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Boehner Benefits From Pot. Blacks Are in Prison for Using It.
A decade ago, an undercover police officer approached Mr. Winslow, a homeless black man, and asked for help buying marijuana. Mr. Winslow desperately needed the money, so he helped the officer buy two dime bags for a $5 profit. For that, he is serving life without parole for distribution of marijuana in the infamous Angola prison.

Last week, Mr. Boehner announced that he will join the board of Acreage Holdings, a marijuana cultivation and distribution company, citing the drug’s therapeutic benefits for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. This is the same John Boehner who declared himself “unalterably opposed” to legalization in 2011 and who voted to prohibit medical marijuana in the District of Columbia in 1999.
 
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florduh

florduh

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macbill said:
Sen. Chuck Schumer to introduce bill to “decriminalize” marijuana

The Minority Leader of the Senate is making it official the day before 4/20: He’s down with legal weed.

In an exclusive interview with VICE News, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) confirmed he is putting his name on legislation that he said is aimed at “decriminalizing” marijuana at the federal level.
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Excellent news. I hope the bill makes it to a full vote on the floor of the Senate. Get every Senator on the record with their stance on this. Then vote accordingly in November.

This is sort of historic. The Minority Leader of the United States Senate just called for weed to be decriminalized. Times sure are changin'
 
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Ramahs

Ramahs

Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
florduh said:
I've never been a fan of it either. But recent events have taught me you're going to eat a bowl of shit no matter what, so maybe it's best to do your part to ensure it's the smaller bowl of shit.
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There may be negative repercussions suffered on your part if you don't eat it, but you can still decide to not eat the shit if you don't want to. No one can force you to eat it.
 
macbill

macbill

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420 Day: Top 16 most popular medical marijuana strains

420 Day is here and many people around the country are getting ready to smoke, vape and eat marijuana in its many forms. Now that California, Oregon, Colorado and other states have some form of marijuana legalization, there are a lot of choices of strains of the plant to enjoy. Here are some of the most popular marijuana strains according to the staff at Cobra Extracts, a company that specializes in cannabis oil for vaping.
 
florduh

florduh

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florduh said:
Excellent news. I hope the bill makes it to a full vote on the floor of the Senate. Get every Senator on the record with their stance on this. Then vote accordingly in November.

This is sort of historic. The Minority Leader of the United States Senate just called for weed to be decriminalized. Times sure are changin'
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If I'm understanding this correctly, Schumer can force a vote on the Senate floor if 30 Senators support him. He will easily get this.

The decriminalization of Cannabis will be voted on in the United States Senate.

Happy 4/20 y'all!
 
macbill

macbill

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Miracle drug or the devil’s lettuce?

First of all, the correct name is cannabis, and 29 states and the District have laws that legalize it in broad ways (and 17 others in very limited ways). Two major TV producers and an Oscar winner made a sunny sitcom about it. Legal U.S. sales are expected to top $11 billion this year, according to industry tracker BDS Analytics. And big names among both Republicans and Democrats favor rolling back federal regulations against it.

But the science lags behind the movement, largely because studying cannabis is so difficult. Truth is, there’s a lot science doesn’t know.
 
macbill

macbill

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You could make $70,000 right out of college with a degree in marijuana studies
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/20/you...llege-with-a-degree-in-marijuana-studies.html
The University of Northern Michigan is offering a degree that may catch the eye of marijuana enthusiasts: medicinal plant chemistry. And apparently it pays.

"All of our graduates are going to be qualified to be analysts in a lab setting," Brandon Canfield, the associate professor of analytical chemistry who started the program, tells CNBC Make It. That could lead to a position that pays $70,000 right out of school, he adds.
 
shredder

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macbill said:
You could make $70,000 right out of college with a degree in marijuana studies
The University of Northern Michigan is offering a degree that may catch the eye of marijuana enthusiasts: medicinal plant chemistry. And apparently it pays.

"All of our graduates are going to be qualified to be analysts in a lab setting," Brandon Canfield, the associate professor of analytical chemistry who started the program, tells CNBC Make It. That could lead to a position that pays $70,000 right out of school, he adds.
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So do they practice on tomatoes? To grow in mi in a non medical setting you need a dispensary license. Not sure how this would work without the real thing.
 
macbill

macbill

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The Marijuana Industry on 420 Day in 2018 vs. 20 Years Ago

Every year, marijuana advocates celebrate cannabis culture on "420 day." Back in 1998, though, the celebration was much more countercultural than it will be today. In the world of 2018, marijuana isn't just more accepted. It's now a big (and legal) business.

Just how much has changed between the 420 day of 20 years ago compared to now? A lot.
 
macbill

macbill

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Cannabis Flowers Are Legal in Italy. You Just Can’t Eat or Smoke Them.
ROME — For the past year, small jars of cannabis flowers have been flying off the shelves of Italian specialty shops: a phenomenon that’s described as a “green gold rush.”

The hemp flowers — with names like K8, Chill Haus, Cannabismile White Pablo and Marley CBD — are sold under the tag “cannabis light” because their level of the psychoactive compound that makes people high is a tiny fraction of that typically found in cultivated marijuana.

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Legal Marijuana’s Big Moment
“I don’t think we’ve seen a bigger transformation of the politics of marijuana in a single month since November 2012, when Colorado became the first state to legalize,” said Tom Angell, an advocate journalist who runs MarijuanaMoment.net. “It’s now very clear that both parties see this as a winning issue [and] they are worried about the other party taking ownership of it.”
 
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macbill

macbill

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Who da Thunk It?
Metrics point to weed substituting for booze in marijuana states

“Helping Settle the Marijuana and Alcohol Debate: Evidence from Scanner Data,” a December 2017 paper by researchers Michele Baggio and Sungoh Kwon at the University of Connecticut and Alberto Chong at Georgia State University, determined that alcohol sales have fallen in the wake of medical and recreational marijuana sales.
 
macbill

macbill

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Legal marijuana employs 200,000 people across the country. Here's where the jobs are.
Rod McClelland used to be a barber. Then, he trained to be a glass cutter. But he never would have guessed where his cutting skills would take him next. "I went from cutting hair, to cutting glass, to cutting buds," he says.

McClelland, 42, trims marijuana flowers full time in Desert Hot Springs, a California town that has fully embraced the legal pot industry. And he's one of thousands of people employed by cannabis businesses today in the United States.

 
Adobewan

Adobewan

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Former HHS Chief "Evolves" on Marijuana

OK, happy for another yay vote replacing a nay vote, but this makes me just as sick as Boehner holding out till it could benefit him.
After decades of opposition, Shalala, currently running in a state with a government sanctioned cannabis industry, recently tweeted, "Decriminalizing marijuana shouldn't just be a policy priority — but a moral imperative."
Before the internet I used to say, "Don't these people think we have memories?". But the truth has always been that they think so little of us intellectually, that they will say and do whatever benefits them because they know that we the sheeple, with recorded proof of their transgressions in hand, will likely give them a pass.
Don't get me wrong, I want as many warriors on our side as possible, but at what cost.
 
Tranquility

Tranquility

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I openly accept all who want what I want to be on my side. If we eliminate all those who were against it before they were for it, our bench of those experienced in government gets pretty thin.

I'm just glad she's come up with a solution to a problem she noted long ago:
 
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