Medical Marijuana

[Magna]

Perhaps the pharmaceutical industry promotes social antagonism toward a useful plant-based drug that they cannot control and distribute for their profit.

Actually in the U.S. it's possible that cannabis might be reclassified from it's current "Schedule 1" status which includes hard drugs like heroin and cocaine to a "Schedule III" status (which includes prescribed drugs such as codeine). If that happens then on a federal level, rather than being outright illegal like it is now, it would only be allowed by prescription as deemed medically necessary.

In essence then, if cannabis moved from Schedule I to Schedule III, then the pharmaceutical industry would have sole control and monopoly over cannabis (from a federal standpoint).

A better move in my opinion is to DESCHEDULE cannabis altogether. Alcohol isn't a "scheduled" "controlled substance", but clearly it can still be regulated. In short, if society believes cannabis needs some level of regulation (e.g. age restrictions, etc), it should simply be regulated by the states in a similar way to how states regulate alcohol.

A reclassification to Schedule III would be a windfall and complete "lock" on cannabis for pharmaceutical companies and would be produced and sold solely by pharmaceutical companies. No thank you.

 

[Magna]

For those who are not in the U.S. and/or are not familar with U.S. laws related to cannabis, there are federal laws that are supposed to apply to all 50 states. On the Federal level at present time, cannabis is still considered illegal for any reason including medicinally.

However, to date 39 states have legalized cannabis medicinally and 24 states have legalized it recreationally.

How can this be? How can it be illegal at the federal level but certain states have legalized it? In short, those states have ignored federal law. Could the federal government send a federal force into each of those states and forcibly arrest, shut down, etc cannabis operations or at the very least cut off federal funding to said states? Yes. But that hasn't happened.

 

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How can this be? How can it be illegal at the federal level but certain states have legalized it? In short, those states have ignored federal law. Could the federal government send a federal force into each of those states and forcibly arrest, shut down, etc cannabis operations or at the very least cut off federal funding to said states? Yes. But that hasn't happened.

Australia has some similarities to the US in the way that we are a federation of self governing states. Technically the federal government rules over all but in reality they have to tread carefully and not step on toes to heavily or the states will revolt. We have a very long history of disputes between different states and the feds, Queensland has previously threatened to secede from the federation and Western Australia has almost done it twice.

 

[Wikkenz]

I’ve found that strains with a balanced THC-to-CBD ratio help with sensory overload and anxiety. Edibles take longer to kick in but last longer, while vaping gives quicker relief.

Some people do better with edibles, while others prefer vaping or smoking. It's good to start with a low dose and go slow to see how your body reacts.