Marijuana Legalization

Awesome news coming out of Illinois. I wish all states will follow suit.

 

The only obstacle I foresee professionally for legalization is post-accident drug testing. Right now, marijuana accounts for nearly all of the positive results following workplace accidents. It's great that they are developing weed breathalizers, but there are ways to ingest marijuana besides smoking it. As long as we can distinguish between "currently under the influence" and "used this drug a while ago but it is still in his/her system" I'm cool. But that's a big question to answer in jobs where people are driving heavy equipment around one another.

 

FYI - check out the latest Department of Labor rulings on post-accident drug testing. There's some game changers on the horizon.

 

If you think about it for a second it's actually sooo predictable. A new industry pops up and organized crime moves in

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/is-a-fake-union-infiltrating-the-cannabis-industry/ar-BB101Svg

 

Not sure why the hyperlink takes you to the Sault Sainte Marie Police Department?? Oh, they must be offering directions as a courtesy!

Or... for you cynical types...

 

Perhaps I’m merely pragmatic, but I don’t really see it as the prohibitionist losing as much as I see the progress as a reflection of people just coming to their senses with a realistic regulatory environment.

 

There is no one to my knowledge who would earnestly advocate that the previous prohibitionist approach was working. I do believe that it is pragmatic to recognize or acknowledge that and to transition the regulatory environment towards what we are now witnessing. A wild assortment of decriminalization, medical usage, recreational usage, dispensaries, etc. The industry is still highly regulated though and for many reasons, it likely will remain highly regulated.

 

The new frontier is mushrooms. I don't know anyone who has used this drug and so I have no real frame of reference as to whether this is a good idea or not. I know they're now using Ketamine to treat depression and using Ecstasy for treatment of PTSD. I don't know where this all goes. Maybe these drugs are no worse than some of the other drugs handed out by Psychiatrists. That's not my thing.

https://www.uptoboston.com/legal-magic-mushrooms-is-massachusetts-ready-for-them/

 

Here's a story about taking waaaay too much LSD

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkeqd8/what-happens-lsd-overdose

 

Can ya'll keep posting more supportive statements? Pretty sure I might be up for a bonus, if I can provide a few more names this month.

 

When I was at Wentworth I knew a few dorm rooms that considered themselves to be Cannabis Centers of Excellence. I think these people have something else in mind. Maybe

https://www.9and10news.com/2020/02/20/inside-lake-superior-state-universitys-new-cannabis-center-of-excellence/

 

Read through that whole list, while they were all against decriminalization, I didn't see a single person who advocated that the previous prohibitionist approach was working.
Yes, I fully agree that there was an awful lot of residual ignorance and authoritarianism.

 

It's taking STEM Education to new frontiers! Er... maybe..

 

Bernie Sunders

"We're going to provide help to the African-American, Latino, Native American community to start businesses to sell legal marijuana rather than let a few corporations control the legalized marijuana market."

 

This is simply ridiculous. Some of the bigger players in the legal game now are already facing pressure against the tech money that's been pulling into the field. The Patagonia vests are already pushing everyone out.

 

I prefer to use and smoke CBD flowers for my chronic back pain. It helps me a lot.