Ask Ron Mexico Anything, Except For Life Advice II

#802
#802
Weezer said:
One of the major malpractices of modern medicine is the hesitance to use medical marijuana across the board. We know it has medicinal usages, but because it is enjoyed recreationally as well, the medical community, largely pushed by the pharma industry, refuse to back known science. Pain, anxiety, extreme nausea (such as in cancer patients undergoing chemo), even glaucoma can be treated with marijuana. Instead we label it a "gateway" drug and criminalize it. Absurd. And medical usage is really just the tip of the iceberg on what the actual plant can be used for. I saw a stat once that just one acre of hemp can provide as much paper as 10 acres of natural timberland. Imagine what that would mean in terms of deforestation. All because of "reefer madness".
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The big problem is that since it’s classified as a Schedule I substance, it is illegal to do research on it to see what the benefits AND the risks are. So it’s not so much that the medical community is against it. They just don’t want to go to jail and lose their licenses. A completely unscientific law that is not justifiable by what we see today.
Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
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Schedule one includes heroin. But oxycodone, which has killed so many, is Schedule II. People actually die from that.

There is a huge industry, which sad to say includes law enforcement, that makes a lot of money off of pot being illegal. Leaders preach morality, but it’s money that really drives things.
 
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Weezer said:
One of the major malpractices of modern medicine is the hesitance to use medical marijuana across the board. We know it has medicinal usages, but because it is enjoyed recreationally as well, the medical community, largely pushed by the pharma industry, refuse to back known science. Pain, anxiety, extreme nausea (such as in cancer patients undergoing chemo), even glaucoma can be treated with marijuana. Instead we label it a "gateway" drug and criminalize it. Absurd. And medical usage is really just the tip of the iceberg on what the actual plant can be used for. I saw a stat once that just one acre of hemp can provide as much paper as 10 acres of natural timberland. Imagine what that would mean in terms of deforestation. All because of "reefer madness".
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Very well said. I know it would have been a great help for my Dad.

And I used to have hemp clothing. Not only better for Mother Earth, also durable as hell.
 
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VolNExile said:
The big problem is that since it’s classified as a Schedule I substance, it is illegal to do research on it to see what the benefits AND the risks are. So it’s not so much that the medical community is against it. They just don’t want to go to jail and lose their licenses. A completely unscientific law that is not justifiable by what we see today. Schedule one includes heroin. But oxycodone, which has killed so many, is Schedule II. People actually die from that.

There is a huge industry, which sad to say includes law enforcement, that makes a lot of money off of pot being illegal. Leaders preach morality, but it’s money that really drives things.
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It's illegal to do research? Dang!
 
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NorCalVol67 said:
Very well said. I know it would have been a great help for my Dad.

And I used to have hemp clothing. Not only better for Mother Earth, also durable as hell.
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Now he wears the finest Versace threads that his assistant purchases each week. He's really stepped up his uppity game
 
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VolNExile said:
The big problem is that since it’s classified as a Schedule I substance, it is illegal to do research on it to see what the benefits AND the risks are. So it’s not so much that the medical community is against it. They just don’t want to go to jail and lose their licenses. A completely unscientific law that is not justifiable by what we see today. Schedule one includes heroin. But oxycodone, which has killed so many, is Schedule II. People actually die from that.

There is a huge industry, which sad to say includes law enforcement, that makes a lot of money off of pot being illegal. Leaders preach morality, but it’s money that really drives things.
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The government itself has actually done extensive research on marijuana. They know the benefits outweigh the negatives.
 
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tnuhcvols said:
I do my research in the garage too
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I'm not even kidding, I know several people in Ky who don't even hide the fact they grow it. One guy grows it in flower pots on his front porch😂. Got a good friend in California (gorgeous, and has had a crush on me since school😁), she literally offered to drive out here and bring my wife some.
 
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NorCalVol67 said:
So when marijuana legalization was on the ballot in CA, everyone I knew that grew, clipped, sold were all against it. They didn’t want to pay taxes.
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I remember that when it first seriously came up (eventually compromised on medical MJ), the Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce met to discuss. (Humboldt is one county south of the northernmost in California, definitely redwoods country, and full of illegal growers.)

The Humboldt Co. Sheriff - the sheriff - pushed for legalization, so that his staff could deal with real issues and not have to worry about booby traps in the forests. The growers did not want legalization, because they would lose so much income.

When you look at law-making, be sure to see who the real winners and losers are. Follow the $$$.
 
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NorCalVol67 said:
Absolutely. I have always thought, other than the benefits of not having so many addicted to opioids. the taxes raised was a great argument for legalization.
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Colorado is doing very nicely indeed.

Frontier Airlines added twice-weekly round trips from Asheville to Denver on and off through the year. Uh-huh.
 
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#822
VolNExile said:
I remember that when it first seriously came up (eventually compromised on medical MJ), the Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce met to discuss. (Humboldt is one county south of the northernmost in California, definitely redwoods country, and full of illegal growers.)

The Humboldt Co. Sheriff - the sheriff - pushed for legalization, so that his staff could deal with real issues and not have to worry about booby traps in the forests. The growers did not want legalization, because they would lose so much income.

When you look at law-making, be sure to see who the real winners and losers are. Follow the $$$.
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The only thing I think of when Humboldt County is mentioned is weed.
 
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