Cannabis commercialisation not decriminalisation drives up usage, study finds
5h 43m ago by sh.itjust.works/u/Veserr in news from www.theguardian.com
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 dunno, if Trump decided he wanted to nationalize spacex on the grounds of national defense I'd support it.
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...
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.
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.
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?
Who wants to eat a bowl of gummy bears? Make it chips and it'll be self sustaining.
The THC seltzers solved that problem for me. Where I live, plenty of 2 and 5mg options for those with low tolerance.
Just grow it yourself.
Yeah I think lower grade potency would really see a market. Like gimme some ditch weed that I can tell usee to be a brick and that I can pick the seeds out of. Those old head supply lines gotta still be around right?
That market would be incredibly niche.
Yeah, it will never happen again either.
That would suggest you're buying shit that supports cartels.
Yeah the more I think about this the worse it gets